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Princeton's WordNet

  1. coalescent, coalescingadjective

    growing together, fusing

    "coalescent tradititions"; "coalescent bones"

Wiktionary

  1. coalescentnoun

    Any agent that causes coalesence

  2. coalescentadjective

    Causing coalescence

Wikipedia

  1. Coalescent

    Coalescent is a science-fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. It is part one of the Destiny's Children series. The story is set in two main time periods: modern Britain, when George Poole finds that he has a previously unknown sister and follows a trail to a mysterious and ancient organisation in Rome (Puissant Order of Holy Mary Queen of Virgins); and the time of Regina, a girl growing up during the ending of Roman rule in Britain, around AD 400. Coalescent was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2004.

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  1. coalescent

    Coalescent generally refers to the process of merging or coming together to form one mass or whole. In genetics, coalescent theory is a model of how gene variants sampled from a population may have originated from a common ancestor. In physics, coalescence refers to the process in which two or more droplets, bubbles or particles merge during the course of contact to form a single entity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Coalescentadjective

    growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion of similar parts; uniting

  2. Etymology: [L. coalescens, p. pr.]

Wikidata

  1. Coalescent

    Coalescent is a science-fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. It is part one of the Destiny's Children series, and is the first in the reading order for the Xeelee series. The story is set in two main time periods: modern Britain, when George Poole finds that he has a previously unknown sister and follows a trail to a mysterious and ancient organisation in Rome; and the time of Regina, a girl growing up during the ending of Roman rule in Britain, around AD 400. Coalescent was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2004.

Entomology

  1. Coalescent

    united or grown together.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Coalescent in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Coalescent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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