consolidation
[ kuhn-sol-i-dey-shuhn ]
/ kənˌsɒl ɪˈdeɪ ʃən /
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noun
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First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.
First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.
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First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English consolidacioun “healing by closing up, knitting of bones,” from Late Latin consolidātiōn- (stem of consolidātiō ) “merging of usufruct in property, establishing of ownwership, consolidation”; see consolidate,
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British Dictionary definitions for consolidation
consolidation
/ (kənˌsɒlɪˈdeɪʃən) /
noun
the act of consolidating or state of being consolidated
something that is consolidated or integrated
law
- the combining of two or more actions at law
- the combination of a number of Acts of Parliament into one codifying statute
geology the process, including compression and cementation, by which a loose deposit is transformed into a hard rock
psychol the process in the brain that makes the memory for an event enduring; the process is thought to continue for some time after the event
Derived forms of consolidation
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Medical definitions for consolidation
consolidation
[ kən-sŏl′ĭ-dā′shən ]
n.
The process of becoming a firm solid mass, as in an infected lung when the alveoli are filled with exudate.
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