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noun
The contraction of two vowels into a diphthong or a long vowel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
Topics: communications, human-sciences, journalism, linguistics, literature, media, phonetics, phonology, poetry, prosody, publishing, sciences, writing
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: synalepha, metaplasm
noun
The separating out of the liquid from a gel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: syneresis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
noun
the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: syneresis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: linguistic process
History
From Ancient Greek συναίρεσις (sunaíresis, “unification”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + αἵρεσις (haíresis, “taking”), from αἱρέω (hairéō, “to take”).
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
