consolidation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin consolidationem, from consolidare.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun[edit]
consolidation (countable and uncountable, plural consolidations)
- The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated
- The combination of several actions into one.
- (medicine) A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung.
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (The act of uniting by combination): defragmentation
Translations[edit]
the act or process of consolidating
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the combination of several actions into one
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solidification into a firm dense mass (med.)
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French[edit]
Noun[edit]
consolidation f (plural consolidations)
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Further reading[edit]
- “consolidation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).