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Definition: Coalescence |
CoalescenceNoun1. The union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "coalescence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1777. (references) |
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Chemical Industry | The formation of the film from a polymer dispersion as it dries by allowing the binder particles to join or fuse to a more or less continuous film. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: CoalescenceSynonyms: coalescency (n), coalition (n), concretion (n), conglutination (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Combination | Noun: combination; mixture; junction; union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis, fusion, blending, absorption, centralization. |
Identity | Noun: identity, sameness; coincidence, coalescence; convertibility; equality; selfness, self, oneself; identification. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Coalescence |
| English words defined with "coalescence": Concrescence, concrete, Conferruminated ♦ Diadelphous ♦ Multiple conjugation ♦ Scapholunar bone, Symphytism. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "coalescence": arc welding ♦ fused refractories ♦ Nagling Coalescence ♦ pediplane ♦ reticulate perforation plate. (references) |
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| "Coalescence" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Coalescence" is used about 60 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 60 | 43,597 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "coalescence": Nagling Coalescence. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
coalescence | 12 |
coalescence drop | 4 |
coalescence in oil separation water | 2 |
coalescence theory | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "coalescence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shkrirje (amalgamation, consolidation, creep, extinction, fusion, integration, melt, melting, merger, smelt, tie up, welding), bashkim (affiliation, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, community, compound, confederation, conflux, conjunction, consolidation, coupling, fusion, hookup, integration, interconnection, interflow, interfusion, joinder, joining, joint, junction, league, ligature, linkage, merger, reconcilability, reunion, seam, soldering, splice, unification, union, welding), bashkërritje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | التحام (adhesion, coherence, cohesion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съединение (combination, compound, conjugation, conjunction, fault, hookup, interconnection, interconnexion, interlock, join, joining, joint, junction, link, linkage, meeting, union), срастване (accretion, adhesion, agglutination, concretion, conglutination, intergrowth), сливане (amalgamation, confluence, contraction, fusion, interflow, merger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | srùstání. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | coalitio (coalition), coalescens (coalition), coalescence, sammenvoksning (accretion, coalition, concrescence, concretion, concretions, conjunctiva, synechia, union), sammenflydning, kornvaekst. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | coalescentie, coalescence (coalition), vergroeiing (bridle, concrescence, cord, union), samengroeiing (coalition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | انعقاد (Ratification), بهم امیختگی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yhteensulautuminen, yhteenkasvaminen, kasvaminen (accrementition, accretion), kalvon muodostuminen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | confluence (confluence), coalescence (coalition), fusion (consolidation), filmation par coalescence. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Vereinigung (academy, amalgamation, association, bringing together, coalition, combining, consolidation, consortium, coordination, coupling, federation, fraternity, fusion, guild, incorporation, merging, organization, pooling, unification, union, uniting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συγκόλληση (agglutination, soldering, weld), συνένωσις ή σύμφυσις τμημάτων (coalition), συνένωση (junction, union), συναύξηση (concrescence), συμφυΆα, υμενοποίηση με συσσωμάτωση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "תקבצות (conglomeration, gathering, rally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | egyesülés (aggregation, amalgamation, association, fraternity, fusion, integration, junction, merger, reunion, union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | persenyawaan, persatuan (unity), pengabungan, peleburan (dissolving, fusing together, fusion, iron works, melting, merger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | coalescenza (coalition), filmazione per coalescenza. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | taah (adhere, anchylosis, cement, coalesce, concrete, conjugate; conjugation, conjunction, filling, set, solder, soldering, splice, sweat, weld, welding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oalescencecay coalescência (coalition). (various references) unire (accord, agreement, alliance, coalition, combination, confederacy, confluence, conjugation, conjunction, connection, harmony, hook up, reunion, solder, solidarity, union, unity), fuzionare (merger). (various references) сращение (concrescence, concretion). (various references) srastanje (accretion, concrescence), sjedinjenje (union). (various references) unión (coalition, commune, community, confederation, consolidation, coupling, federation, join, joining, joint, junction, league, link up, linkage, marriage, mating, merger, total, union). (various references) sammanväxande, koalescens, filmbildning, förening (annexation, association, combination, compound, joinder, junction, society, unification, union, uniting). (various references) การรวมตัว (meld). (various references) birlik (alliance, body, brotherhood, collaboration, combination, combine, communion, company, confederacy, confederation, conference, contingent, corps, ensemble, establishment, fellowship, force, fraternity, gild, guild, league, legion, oneness, outfit, pool, posse, solidarity, troop, unanimity, union, unit, unity), birleşme (accord, alliance, association, coalition, cohesion, concrescence, concretion, conjugation, conjunction, copulation, fusion, hookup, incorporation, integration, joinder, joining, juncture, meeting, merger, reunion, unification, union), beraberlik (cooperation, Deuce, equalization, solidarity, tie, tie up, togetherness, unity). (various references) об'"днання (alliance, amalgamation, association, combine, company, conjuncture, consolidation, corporation, embodiment, family, incorporation, integration, merger, organization, rally, unification), з'"днання (articulation, association, conjugation, conjunction, copulation, coupling, hookup, joinder, joining, junction, ligature, link up, linkage, linking, mounting, union), злипання (adhesion, conglomeration, conglutination). (various references) sự thống nhất (consolidation, unification), sự ráp dính, sự liền lại sự hợp lại sự liên kết. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "coalescence": coalescences. (additional references) | |
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"Coalescence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: coalecsence, colaescence. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "coalescence" (pronounced 'Co`a*les"cence'): Accrescence, Acquiescence, Adolescence, Albescence, Arborescence, Calescence, Calorescence, Candescence, Circumjacence, Cognoscence, Concrescence, Crescence, Decence, Dehiscence, Deliquescence, Delitescence, florescence, Frondescence, Fructescence, incalescence, incandescence, inflorescence, intumescence, iridescence, juvenescence, luminescence, Nonacquiescence, Obmutescence, Obsolescence, Opalescence, Petrescence, Phosphorescence, Pubescence, Putrescence, Ramollescence, Reflorescence, Rejuvenescence, reminiscence, renascence, Resipiscence, Revalescence, Revirescence, Rubescence, senescence, Spinescence, Spumescence, Supercrescence, Superexcrescence, tumescence, Virescence. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-e-e-e-l-n-o-s" | |
-3 letters: cenacles, coalesce, conceals. | |
-4 letters: cancels, cenacle, cleanse, conceal, enclose, enlaces, enolase, scalene. | |
-5 letters: aneles, anoles, calces, cancel, canoes, cleans, clones, coccal, encase, enlace, lances, lanose, leones, oceans, sconce, seance, seneca, solace. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-c-e-e-e-l-n-o-s" | |
+1 letter: coalescences. | |
+2 letters: convalescence. | |
+3 letters: convalescences. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 61 6C 65 73 63 65 6E 63 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- .- .-.. . ... -.-. . -. -.-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01100001 01101100 01100101 01110011 01100011 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o a l e s c e n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0061 006C 0065 0073 0063 0065 006E 0063 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3781677871856971806971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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