Coalescence

//ˌkoʊ.əˈlɛs.əns// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of coalescing. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts wordnet
  3. 3
    The merging of two segments into one. countable, uncountable

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additionadmixtureaffiliationagglomerationaggregationagreement

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"As propositions may be true or false, so also opinion or judgment or conception, may be true or false: for opinion or judgment is only the concluding result of deliberation or reflection — and reflection is the silent dialogue of the mind with itself: while conception or phantasy is the coalescence or conjunction of opinion with present perception."

Etymology

From Middle French coalescence and its etymon Latin coalēscentia. Doublet of coalescency. By surface analysis, coalesce + -ence.

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