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con⋅fla⋅tion

  [kuhn-fley-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the process or result of fusing items into one entity; fusion; amalgamation.
2. Bibliography.
a. the combination of two variant texts into a new one.
b. the text resulting from such a combination.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < LL conflātiō. See conflate, -ion
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con·flate   (kən-flāt')   
tr.v.   con·flat·ed, con·flat·ing, con·flates

  1. To bring together; meld or fuse: "The problems [with the biopic] include . . . dates moved around, lovers deleted, many characters conflated into one" (Ty Burr).

  2. To combine (two variant texts, for example) into one whole.


[Latin cōnflāre, cōnflāt- : com-, com- + flāre, to blow; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]
con·fla'tion n.
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conflation database
Combining or blending of two or more versions of a text; confusion or mixing up. Conflation algorithms are used in databases.
[Any specific technical meaning?]
(1996-04-14)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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