'Coalescing' definitions:
Definition of 'coalescing'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Growing together, fusing; "coalescent tradititions"; "coalescent bones" [syn: coalescent, coalescing]
Definition of 'Coalescing'
From: GCIDE
- Coalesce \Co`a*lesce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coalesced; p. pr. & vb. n. Coalescing.] [L. coalescere, coalitium; co- + alescere to grow up, incho. fr. alere to nourish. See Aliment, n.]
- 1. To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To unite in one body or product; to combine into one body or community; as, vapors coalesce. [1913 Webster]
- The Jews were incapable of coalescing with other nations. --Campbell. [1913 Webster]
- Certain combinations of ideas that, once coalescing, could not be shaken loose. --De Quincey.
- Syn: See Add. [1913 Webster]