Consolidation

Etymology
From consolidationem, from consolidare.

Noun

 * 1) The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.
 * 2) The combination of several actions into one.
 * 3)  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.

Thesaurus
Anschluss, abbreviation, accelerando, acceleration, accretion, addition, adherence, adhesion, affiliation, agglomeration, agglutination, aggravation, aggregation, alliance, amalgamation, assimilation, association, astriction, astringency, beefing-up, blend, blending, blowing up, blowup, bottleneck, cabal, cahoots, cartel, centralization, cervix, circumscription, cling, clinging, clotting, clumping, clustering, coadunation, coagulation, coalescence, coalition, coarctation, coherence, cohesion, cohesiveness, colleagueship, collegialism, collegiality, combination, combine, combo, compactedness, compaction, composition, compression, compressure, comradeship, concentration, concretion, condensation, confederacy, confederation, confraternity, congealment, congelation, congeries, conglobation, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, conspiracy, constriction, constringency, contraction, contracture, copartnership, copartnery, curtailment, decrease, deepening, densification, diminuendo, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enhancement, enosis, exacerbation, exaggeration, explosion, federalization, federation, fellowship, fraternalism, fraternity, fraternization, freemasonry, fusion, hardening, heating-up, heightening, hookup, hourglass, hourglass figure, inclusion, incorporation, information explosion, inseparability, integration, intensification, isthmus, junction, junta, knitting, league, magnification, marriage, meld, melding, mergence, merger, merging, narrow place, narrowing, neck, package, package deal, partnership, pickup, population explosion, puckering, pursing, redoubling, reduction, reinforcement, set, shortening, sodality, solidification, sorority, speedup, step-up, sticking, stranglement, strangulation, strengthening, striction, stricture, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, systole, tie-in, tie-up, tightening, unification, union, wasp waist, wedding, wrinkling

Translations

 * Bulgarian: укрепване, заздравяване
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: vahvistus, lujittaminen, vahvistaminen, lujitus


 * Hebrew: גיבוש (gibush) (the act of causing other people or things to consolidate); התגבשות (hitgabshut)  (the act of becoming consolidated)


 * Bulgarian: обединяване, обединение


 * Finnish: yhdistäminen, yhteensovittaminen

Noun

 * 1) Consolidation

Related terms

 * consolider