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Consolidation

//kənˌsɒlɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A steam locomotive of the 2-8-0 wheel arrangement, first built in the United States in 1866.

    "W.D. 2-8-0s have replaced Gresley Consolidations to a great extent on mineral and slow freight trains."

  3. 3
    the act of combining into an integral whole wordnet
  4. 4
    The combination of several actions into one. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    combining into a solid mass wordnet
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  1. 6
    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. countable, uncountable

    "The areas of lung dysventilation with an absence of alveolar air are visualized in the form of consolidations adjacent to the pleural line."

  2. 7
    something that has consolidated into a compact mass wordnet

Etymology

From Latin cōnsolidātiō, cōnsolidātiōnem, from cōnsolidō.

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