Meaning of SYNAERESIS
| Pronunciation: | | si'nerisis
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- [n] the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making)
- [n] the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong
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| | Synonyms: | | syneresis |
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| | See Also: | | chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, linguistic process | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Syn*[ae]r"e*sis\, Syneresis \Syn*er"e*sis\, n. [NL.,
fr. Gr. ? a taking or drawing together, fr. ? to take
together; sy`n with + ? to take, to grasp. See {Syn-}, and
{Heresy}.] (Gram.)
The union, or drawing together into one syllable, of two
vowels that are ordinarily separated in syllabification;
synecphonesis; -- the opposite of di[ae]resis.
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