consolidation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kənˌsɑləˈdeɪʃən/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /kənˌsɒlɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Latin cōnsolidātiō, cōnsolidātiōnem, from cōnsolidō.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated.
At this time also, what remained of independent Soviet culture and the intelligentsia was systematically destroyed: the regime was entering the phase of final consolidation.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 43:
- (countable, uncountable) The combination of several actions into one.
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
The areas of lung dysventilation with an absence of alveolar air are visualized in the form of consolidations adjacent to the pleural line.
2015 May 21, Vincenzo Basile et al., “Lung ultrasound: a useful tool in diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis”, in BMC Pediatrics, volume 15, →DOI:These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia [14 ].
2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| consolidations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
defragmentation (The act of uniting by combination)
Deriveds
microconsolidation · underconsolidation · order consolidation · postconsolidation · macroconsolidation · unconsolidation · preconsolidation · consol · consolidational · consolidationism · overconsolidation · deconsolidation · semiconsolidation · anticonsolidation · nonconsolidation · con · consolidationist
Synonyms
Translations (41)
el συγχώνευση (the act or process of consolidating) · cs vystužení (the act or process of consolidating) · cs sjednocení (the act or process of consolidating) · mi whakatōpūtanga (the act or process of consolidating) · fi yhdistäminen (the combination of several actions into one) · el ενοποίηση (the combination of several actions into one) · bg обединяване (the combination of several actions into one) · bg заздравяване (the act or process of consolidating) · el ένωση (the combination of several actions into one) · uk консоліда́ція (the act or process of consolidating) · fi yhteensovittaminen (the combination of several actions into one) · bg обединение (the combination of several actions into one) · fi vahvistus (the act or process of consolidating) · he גִּבּוּשׁ (the act or process of consolidating) · bg укрепване (the act or process of consolidating) · cs sloučení (the act or process of consolidating) · de Konsolidierung (the act or process of consolidating) · pl konsolidacja (the act or process of consolidating) · cs zpevnění (the act or process of consolidating) · id konsolidasi (the act or process of consolidating) · el ενοποίηση (the act or process of consolidating) · es consolidación (the act or process of consolidating) · cs ztuhnutí (solidification into a firm dense mass (med.)) · el παγίωση (solidification into a firm dense mass (med.)) · fi lujitus (the act or process of consolidating) · fi vahvistaminen (the act or process of consolidating) · cs zkostnatění (solidification into a firm dense mass (med.)) · cs propojení (the combination of several actions into one) · it rafforzamento (the act or process of consolidating) · fi lujittaminen (the act or process of consolidating) · pl konsolidacja (the combination of several actions into one) · pt consolidação (the act or process of consolidating) · it potenziamento (the act or process of consolidating) · he הִתְגַּבְּשׁוּת (the act or process of consolidating) · ro consolidare (the act or process of consolidating) · cs konsolidace (the act or process of consolidating) · el σταθεροποίηση (solidification into a firm dense mass (med.)) · fr consolidation (the act or process of consolidating) · it consolidamento (the act or process of consolidating) · pl utrwalenie (solidification into a firm dense mass (med.)) · pl umocnienie (solidification into a firm dense mass (med.))