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CONSOLIDATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of combining into an integral whole

Example:

the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them

Synonyms:

consolidation; integration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("consolidation" is a kind of...):

combination; combining; compounding (the act of combining things to form a new whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "consolidation"):

centralisation; centralization (the act of consolidating power under a central control)

incorporation (consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body)

amalgamation; merger; uniting (the combination of two or more commercial companies)

vertical combination; vertical integration (absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in all aspects of a product's manufacture from raw materials to distribution)

horizontal combination; horizontal integration (absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level)

Derivation:

consolidate (unite into one)

consolidate (bring together into a single whole or system)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Combining into a solid mass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("consolidation" is a kind of...):

combine; combining (an occurrence that results in things being united)

Derivation:

consolidate (make or form into a solid or hardened mass)

consolidate (form into a solid mass or whole)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Something that has consolidated into a compact mass

Example:

he dropped the consolidation into the acid bath

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("consolidation" is a kind of...):

natural object (an object occurring naturally; not made by man)

Derivation:

consolidate (form into a solid mass or whole)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The five phases include: cytoreduction, induction given as two consecutive courses, consolidation and maintenance.

(LMB-84 Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen comprised of an initial induction regimen, followed by three different consolidation regimens, given on alternating schedule and used for the treatment of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

(Linker Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

Sleep is essential for both cognition and maintenance of healthy brain function, and slow waves in neural activity contribute to memory consolidation, a study published Thursday in the peer-reviewed journal Science concluded.

(Deep Sleep May Play Role in Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Acute inflammation of the walls of the smaller bronchial tubes, with varying amounts of pulmonary consolidation due to spread of the inflammation into peribronchiolar alveoli and the alveolar ducts.

(Bronchopneumonia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

These findings suggest that seizures may alter how the prefrontal cortex responds to hippocampal activity and thus interfere with normal memory consolidation.

(Seizures disrupt memory network, NIH)