consolidation

See also: Consolidation

English

Etymology

From Latin cōnsolidātiō, cōnsolidātiōnem, from cōnsolidō.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˌsɒlɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˌsɑləˈdeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

consolidation (countable and uncountable, plural consolidations)

1. The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated.

   Synonyms: solidification, combination

2. The combination of several actions into one.
3. (medicine) A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung.
   • 2015 May 21, Vincenzo Basile et al., “Lung ultrasound: a useful tool in diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis”, in BMC Pediatrics‎^[1], volume 15, →DOI:

     The areas of lung dysventilation with an absence of alveolar air are visualized in the form of consolidations adjacent to the pleural line.

   • 2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE‎^[2], →DOI:

     These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia [14 ].

Coordinate terms

• (The act of uniting by combination): defragmentation

Derived terms

• anticonsolidation
• con
• consol
• deconsolidation
• microconsolidation
• nonconsolidation
• overconsolidation
• preconsolidation

 

Translations

the act or process of consolidating

• Bulgarian: укрепване (bg) n (ukrepvane), заздравяване (bg) n (zazdravjavane)
• Czech: konsolidace (cs) f, sjednocení (cs) n, zpevnění n, sloučení n, vystužení
• Finnish: vahvistus (fi), lujittaminen (fi), vahvistaminen (fi), lujitus
• French: consolidation (fr) f
• German: Konsolidierung (de) f
• Greek: ενοποίηση (el) f (enopoíisi), συγχώνευση (el) f (synchónefsi)
• Hebrew: גיבוש (gibush) m (the act of causing other people or things to consolidate); התגבשות (hitgabshut) f (the act of becoming consolidated)
• Indonesian: konsolidasi (id)
• Italian: consolidamento (it) m, rafforzamento (it) m, potenziamento (it) m
• Maori: whakatōpūtanga
• Portuguese: consolidação (pt) f
• Romanian: consolidare (ro) f
• Spanish: consolidación (es) f
• Ukrainian: консоліда́ція (uk) f (konsolidácija)

the combination of several actions into one

• Bulgarian: обединяване n (obedinjavane), обединение (bg) n (obedinenie)
• Czech: propojení n
• Finnish: yhdistäminen (fi), yhteensovittaminen
• Greek: ένωση (el) f (énosi), ενοποίηση (el) f (enopoíisi)
• Polish: konsolidacja (pl) f

solidification into a firm dense mass (med.)

• Czech: ztuhnutí n, zkostnatění n
• Greek: παγίωση (el) f (pagíosi), σταθεροποίηση (el) f (statheropoíisi)

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsolidātiō. By surface analysis, consolider +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɔ.li.da.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

consolidation f (plural consolidations)

1. consolidation
2. strengthening, reinforcement

Further reading

• “consolidation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.