Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncoalesce

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-co-a-lesce
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To separate from a coalesced state.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"It is clear that what sound change has coalesced, sound change cannot uncoalesce; and the probability is vanishingly small that analogy and borrowing should proceed in such a way as to restore just the situation that had pertained before the restructuring."
"The neighbor function can perform one of the following operations: (i) exchange the content of two memory locations; (ii) move the content of one memory location; (iii) uncoalesce a coalesced node into two or more nodes; or (iv) coalesce two memory locations."

Etymology

From un- + coalesce.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

uncoalesces (present, singular) uncoalescing (participle, present) uncoalesced (participle, past) uncoalesced (past)

Questions

What does uncoalesce mean?: To separate from a coalesced state.
Where does uncoalesce come from?: From un- + coalesce.

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