coalescence n : the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts [syn: coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination]

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.

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• Coalescence (chemistry): In chemistry , coalescence is a process in which two phase domains of the same composition come together and form a larger phase domain. ...
• Coalescence (linguistics): In linguistics , coalescence is a phonological process by which two neighboring sounds merge into a single sound that has properties of ...
• Vowel coalescence: Vowel coalescence is a phonological process in which two consecutive vowels fuse into one - often long - vowel. In typical cases, the ...
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