Coalescence

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]