CONSILIENCES

Noun

consiliences

plural of consilience

Source: Wiktionary


CONSILIENCE

Con*sil"i*ence, n. Etym: [con- + salire to leap.]

Definition: Act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence. The consilience of inductions takes place when one class of facts coincides with an induction obtained from another different class. Whewell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SALTWORT

(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash


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