concrescence — [ kɔ̃kresɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1884; du lat. concrescere « croître ensemble » 1 ♦ Bot. Soudure de pièces voisines d un végétal. 2 ♦ Pathol. Croissance commune de parties primitivement séparées. Concrescence de deux racines dentaires. Adj. CONCRESCENT,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Concrescence — Con*cres cence, n. [L. concrescentia.] Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
concrescence — I noun adherance, amalgamating, blending, coalescence, combining, consolidation, fusion, making one, mingling, mixing, symphysis, uniting II index coalescence Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
concrescence — [kən kres′əns] n. [L concrescentia < concrescere, to grow together < com , together + crescere, to grow: see CRESCENT] Biol. a growing together of parts or cells, as of the lips of the blastopore of the embryo during gastrulation … English World dictionary
concrescence — 1. SYN: coalescence. 2. In dentistry, the union of the roots of two adjacent teeth by cementum. [see concrement] * * * con·cres·cence kən kres ən(t)s, kän n a growing together: COALESCENCE … Medical dictionary
Concrescence (process philosophy) — Concrescence is a term coined by Alfred North Whitehead to show the process of jointly forming an actual entity that was without form, but about to manifest itself into an entity Actual full (satisfaction) based on datums or for information on… … Wikipedia
concrescence — noun Etymology: Latin concrescentia, from concrescent , concrescens, present participle of concrescere to grow together, from com + crescere to grow more at crescent Date: 1614 1. increase by the addition of particles 2. a growing together ; … New Collegiate Dictionary
concrescence — n. [L. cum, together; crescere, to grow] The growing together of parts; joining; coalescing; the union of parts originally separated … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
concrescence — concrescent, adj. /kon kres euhns/, n. Biol. a growing together, as of tissue or embryonic parts; coalescence. [1600 10; < L concrescentia, equiv. to concrescent (s. of concrescens, prp. of concrescere to harden, set; see CON , CRESCENT) + ia IA; … Universalium
concrescence — noun a) the growing together and merging of like or unlike separate parts or particles b) the juxtapositioning of dissimilar forms or devices that are harmonized at their point of intersection into hybrid transitional shapes or designs. Any… … Wiktionary
