consolidation
/kənˌsɑləˈdeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.71 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A steam locomotive of the 2-8-0 wheel arrangement, first built in the United States in 1866.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The areas of lung dysventilation with an absence of alveolar air are visualized in the form of consolidations adjacent to the pleural line."
- "These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia [14 ]."
- "W.D. 2-8-0s have replaced Gresley Consolidations to a great extent on mineral and slow freight trains."
Etymology
From Latin cōnsolidātiō, cōnsolidātiōnem, from cōnsolidō.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: consolidatio
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kənˌsɑləˈdeɪʃən/
- British English: /kənˌsɒlɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/