syneresis, synaeresis
(noun) the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making)
syneresis, synaeresis
(noun) the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong
Source: WordNet® 3.1
synaeresis (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.
• (linguistics, prosody): metaplasm
Source: Wiktionary
Syn*ær"e*sis, Syn*er"e*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Syn-, and Heresy.] (Gram.)
Definition: The union, or drawing together into one syllable, of two vowels that are ordinarily separated in syllabification; synecphonesis; -- the opposite of diæresis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
