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Antonyms for coalescing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : koh-uh-les
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkoʊ əˈlɛs


Definition of coalescing

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Latin coalescere "to unite, grow together, become one in growth," from com- "together" (see co-) + alescere "to grow up" (see adolescent). Related: Coalesced; coalescing; coalescence; coalescent.
  • verb blend, come together
Example sentences :
  • Possibly they were coalescing now, joining up into a world-wide organization.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • And it is the impurities on the quicksilver that keep us from coalescing.
  • Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
  • The different kinds of pride within her were coalescing now.
  • Extract from : « Felix Holt, The Radical » by George Eliot
  • Something, at any rate, must be preventing them from coalescing into rain.
  • Extract from : « Over Prairie Trails » by Frederick Philip Grove
  • The closure is effected by the folds on each side of the furrow meeting and coalescing dorsally.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4) » by Francis Maitland Balfour
  • The coalescing of the particles of moisture has a great deal to do with the changes which take place in a cloud.
  • Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out » by Fred T. Hodgson
  • The Coalition had many component parts, some coalescing without difficulty, but with no special cordiality.
  • Extract from : « The Prime Minister » by Anthony Trollope
  • It tends to keep the single letters distinct units instead of their coalescing into word, phrase, or even sentence units.
  • Extract from : « The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 » by Various
  • In the definition of man animal bipes animal is the Matter and bipes the Form; so that the two coalescing form an essential One.
  • Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
  • The threads then completely envelop the food, coalescing as soon as they touch, thus bringing it within the animal.
  • Extract from : « The Sea Shore » by William S. Furneaux

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