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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts;
[syn: coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Coalescence \Co`a*les"cence\, n. The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

coalescence n 1: the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts [syn: coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination]