coalescence

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  1. The act of coalescing or uniting; the state of being intimately joined. That he should not be aware of the future coalescence of these bodies into one. Glanville, Preëxistence of Souls, ii.
  2. In botany, the organic union of similar parts.
  3. In psychology: the combination of a number of sensible data into a single object-perception. In this coalescence in a ‘thing,’ one of the coalescing sensations is held to be the thing, the other sensations are taken for its more or less accidental properties. W. James, Text-book of Psychol., p. 339.
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  • So we look at a process of group dynamics -- coalescence and fragmentation. —  Sean Gourley on the mathematics of war
  • This grand coalescence was accompanied by the solemn drumbeat of extinction events; each time the world recovered, though each time a little less vigorously than before. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
  • By using a series of CD44 mutants and pharmacological inhibitors selectively targeted to various cellular pathways, we show in this study that engagement of CD44 induces lipid raft coalescence to facilitate a CD44-Src-integrin signaling axis in lipid rafts, leading to increased matrix-derived survival. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • With help from co-writer and long-time friend, Austin Quick, sophomore, Frederick aims to unfold a story, in dramatic structure, for each of their songs; adding each instrument, or the coalescence of all, only when crucial to the lyrical plotline. —  Kansan.com stories
  • According to the cunning linguist, presidential elections are pretty much a coalescence of economic interests that elect someone to advance its agenda. —  HALFWAY TO CONCORD
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