concretion

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But there was a lack of concretion, and that was weak.

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  1. noun The act or process of concreting into a mass; coalescence.
  2. noun The state of having been concreted: a concretion of seminal ideas in her treatise.
  3. noun A solid hard mass.

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  1. = F. concretion = Provencal concrecio = Spanish concrecion = Portuguese concreção = Italian concrezione, from L. concretio(n-), from concrescere, past participle concretus, grow together: see concresce.
 

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/kənˈkriʃən/
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