noun
Variant of syneresis
synaeresis
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural synaereses)
- (linguistics, prosody) the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong or a long vowel.
- (chemistry) the separating out of the liquid from a gel.
Origin
From Ancient Greek συναίÏεσις (sunairesis, “unification"), from συν (sun, “together") + αἵÏεσις (airesis, “taking"), from αἱÏÎω (aireÅ, “I take").
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"synaeresis." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/synaeresis>.
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synaeresis. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/synaeresis
