Associations to the word «Consolidation»

Wiktionary

CONSOLIDATION, noun. The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.
CONSOLIDATION, noun. The combination of several actions into one.
CONSOLIDATION, noun. (medicine) 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.

Dictionary definition

CONSOLIDATION, noun. Combining into a solid mass.
CONSOLIDATION, noun. The act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them".
CONSOLIDATION, noun. Something that has consolidated into a compact mass; "he dropped the consolidation into the acid bath".

Wise words

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