Webster's English Dictionary

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consolidation

con.sol.i.da.tion \k*n-.sa:l-*-'da--sh*n\ n 1: the act or process of 
   consolidating : the state of being consolidated  2: the merger of two or 
   more corporations  3: alteration of lung tissue from an aerated condition 
   to one of solid cons istency