Hypertext Webster Gateway: "consolidation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Consolidation \Con*sol`i*da"tion\, n. [L. consolidatio a
confirming: cf. F. consolidation.]
1. The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or
uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification;
combination.
The consolidation of the marble and of the stone did
not fall out at random. --Woodward.
The consolidation of the great European monarchies.
--Hallam.
2. (Bot.) To organic cohesion of different circled in a
flower; adnation.
3. (Law) The combination of several actions into one.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
consolidation
n 1: combining into a solid mass
2: the act of combining into an integral whole [syn: {integration}]
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