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Coalesce

//ˌkoʊ.əˈlɛs// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To join into a single mass or whole.

    "The droplets coalesced into a puddle."

  2. 2
    mix together different elements wordnet
  3. 3
    To form from different pieces or elements.

    "The puddle coalesced from the droplets as they ran together."

  4. 4
    fuse or cause to grow together wordnet
  5. 5
    To bond pieces of metal into a continuous whole by liquefying parts of each piece, bringing the liquids into contact, and allowing the combined liquid to solidify.
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  1. 6
    To merge, to intermingle freely.

    "It was not a wise thing to enter a close clique, my good madam, until you had examined both them and yourself, and considered how far you were likely to coalesce."

  2. 7
    To convert a null value to a defined value.

    "You can improve the display by coalescing the ID columns. As I note in Chapter 9, the COALESCE expression takes on the value of the first non-null value in a list of values."

Etymology

From Latin coalēscō, from co- + alēscō (“grow up”).

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