Consolidation

Definitions

1. A steam locomotive of the 2-8-0 wheel arrangement, first built in the United States in 1866.
2. A steam locomotive of the 2-8-0 wheel arrangement, first built in the United States in 1866
3. The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated.
   countable, uncountable
4. The combination of several actions into one.
   countable, uncountable
5. A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The areas of lung dysventilation with an absence of alveolar air are visualized in the form⟳ of consolidations adjacent to the pleural line.”

“These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia [14 ].”

“W.D. 2-8-0s have⟳ replaced Gresley Consolidations to a great extent on mineral and slow freight trains.”

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