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==Origin==

==Origin==

[[Latin]] ''coalescere'', from ''co''- + ''alescere'' to [[grow]]

[[Latin]] ''coalescere'', from ''co''- + ''alescere'' to [[grow]]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1656]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1656]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: to [[grow]] [[together]]

*1: to [[grow]] [[together]]

*3: to arise from the combination of distinct [[elements]] <an organized and a popular resistance immediately coalesced — C. C. Menges>  

*3: to arise from the combination of distinct [[elements]] <an organized and a popular resistance immediately coalesced — C. C. Menges>  

==Description==

==Description==

'''Coalescence''' is the [[process]] by which two or more droplets, bubbles or [[particles]] merge during [[contact]] to form a single daughter droplet, bubble or particle. It can take place in many [[processes]], ranging from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorology meteorology] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophysics astrophysics]. For example, it is seen in the formation of raindrops as well as planetary and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_formation star formation].

'''Coalescence''' is the [[process]] by which two or more droplets, bubbles or [[particles]] merge during [[contact]] to form a single daughter droplet, bubble or particle. It can take place in many [[processes]], ranging from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorology meteorology] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophysics astrophysics]. For example, it is seen in the formation of raindrops as well as planetary and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_formation star formation].

[[Category: Physics]]

[[Category: Physics]]