Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
syneresis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gram.) The union, or drawing together into one syllable, of two vowels that are ordinarily separated in syllabification; synecphonesis; -- the opposite of
diæresis .
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- noun linguistics, prosody the
contraction of twovowels into adiphthong or along vowel . - noun chemistry the
separating out of theliquid from agel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong
- noun the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making)
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek συναίρεσις (sunairesis, "unification"), from συν (sun, "together") + αἵρεσις (airesis, "taking"), from αἱρέω (aireō, "I take").
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Examples
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At this same locality I also found several horizons of dessication mudcracks, synaeresis mudcracks, and wave-form ripples.
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Proof of this is to be found in the confession of linguists, that there are no truly phonetic laws of the hiatus, of cacophony, of diaeresis, of synaeresis, but merely laws of taste and convenience; that is to say, _aesthetic_ laws.
Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Benedetto Croce 1909
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Trinity, the Son and Spirit being referred to one cause [1568], and not compounded or coalesced according to the synaeresis of Sabellius.
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