Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coalescence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coalescence \Co`a*les"cence\, n.
The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the
act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state
of being united; union; concretion.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
coalescence
n : the union of diverse things into one body or form or group;
the growing together of parts [syn: {coalescency}, {coalition},
{concretion}, {conglutination}]
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