coalesce (koales)

i.; pret. and pp. coa lesced, ppr. coalescing. [L. coalescere, grow to gether, In the humerus of the Manati the bicipital groove is obsolete, the two tuberosities coalescing , as the Cetacea. W. H. Flower , Osteology, p. 250. The middle division of the body of Limulus exhibits markings which indicate that it is composed of, at fewest, six coalesced somites. Huxley , Anat. Invert., p. 228. 2. To combine or be collected or joined, so as to form one body. When they [vapours] begin to coalesce and constitute globules. Newton. Hence-3. To come or join together; unite so as to form one party, community, or the like: as, political parties sometimes coalesce. The circumstances of the tenth century led the English kingdoms in Britain, naturally and nece arily, to coalesce in the shape of a consolidated kingdom. E. A. Freeman , Amer. Lects., p. 186. coalescence (kō-a-les'ens), n. [ coalescent : see- ence .] 1. The act of coalescing or unit ing; the state of being intimately joined. That he should not be aware of the future coalescence of ii. these bodies into one. Glanville, Preëxistence of Souls, 2. In bot., the organic union of similar parts. coalescency (kō-a-les'en-si), n. [= coalescence: see- ency.] Tendency to grow together or unite. Bp. Gauden. coalescent (kō-a-les'ent), a. and n. [L. coa lescen(t-)s, ppr. of coalescere, grow together: see coalesce.] I. a. Growing together; uniting so as to form one body: in bot., properly applied to the organic cohesion of similar parts. II. n. One who or that which coalesces. Athe næum. coal-exchange (kōl'eks-chānj"), n. A market for the sale of coal; specifically, a place for transactions in coal on a large scale.