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Webster 1913 Edition
Consolidation
Con-solˊi-da′tion
,Noun.
[L.
consolidatio
a confirming: cf. F. consolidation
.] 1.
The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.
The
consolidation
of the marble and of the stone did not fall out at random. Woodward.
The
consolidation
of the great European monarchies. Hallam.
2.
(Bot.)
To organic cohesion of different circled in a flower; adnation.
3.
(Law)
The combination of several actions into one.
Webster 1828 Edition
Consolidation
CONSOLIDATION
, n.1.
The act of making or process of becoming solid; the act of forming into a firm compact mass, body or system.2.
The annexing of one bill to another in parliament or legislation.3.
The combining of two benefices in one.4.
The uniting of broken bones or wounded flesh.Definition 2024
consolidation
consolidation
English
Noun
consolidation (plural consolidations)
- The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.
- 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
- (The act of uniting by combination): defragmentation
Translations
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