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con⋅sol⋅i⋅da⋅tion

[kuhn-sol-i-dey-shuhn]
–noun
1. an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidated; unification: consolidation of companies.
2. solidification; strengthening: consolidation of principles and beliefs.
3. something that is or has been consolidated; a consolidated whole.
4. Law.
a. a statutory combination of two or more corporations.
b. the union of two or more claims or actions at law for trial or appeal.
5. (initial capital letter) a steam locomotive having a two-wheeled front truck, eight driving wheels, and no rear truck.
6. Pathology. the process of becoming solid, as changing of lung tissue from aerated and elastic to firm in certain diseases.
7. Geology. lithification.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME (< AF) < LL consolidātiōn- (s. of consolidātiō), equiv. to L consolidāt(us) (see consolidate ) + -iōn- -ion


con⋅sol⋅i⋅da⋅tive, adjective
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consolidation

A combination of two or more firms into a completely new company. Assets and liabilities of the firms are absorbed by the new company. Compare merger.

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Main Entry: con·sol·i·da·tion
Pronunciation: k&n-"säl-&-'dA-sh&n
Function: noun
: the process by which aninfected lung passes from an aerated collapsible condition to one of airless solid consistency through the accumulation of exudate in the alveoli and adjoining ducts consolidation>; also : tissue that has undergone consolidation consolidation>
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consolidation con·sol·i·da·tion (kən-sŏl'ĭ-dā'shən)
n.
The process of becoming a firm solid mass, as in an infected lung when the alveoli are filled with exudate.

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