Concrescence

/kənˈkrɛs.əns/

Translation of "concrescence" into Russian

Noun

/kənˈkrɛs.əns/

concrescence

concrescences pl

The concrescence of the two bones was evident in the X-ray.

Срастание двух костей было очевидно на рентгеновском снимке.

The concept of concrescence is important in process philosophy.

Понятие конкресценции важно в философии процесса.

Noun

/kənˈkrɛs.əns/

The coalescence or growing together of parts originally separate.

The concrescence of the two branches formed a single, stronger tree trunk.

A solid mass formed by the union of separate particles.

The geologist examined the concrescence of minerals that had formed over centuries.

In biology, the growing together of related parts, such as the fusion of petals in a flower.

The concrescence of the petals gave the flower a unique, tubular shape.

In process philosophy, the process by which a multiplicity of prehensions is unified into a single, concrete actual entity.

According to Whitehead, every moment of experience undergoes concrescence, culminating in a determinate occasion of reality.