Vocabulary Word
Word: consolidation
Definition: unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger; V. consolidate: merge; strengthen
Definition: unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger; V. consolidate: merge; strengthen
Sentences Containing 'consolidation'
Thompson concludes that the consolidation of the crust can hardly have occurred less than twenty or more than four hundred million years ago, but probably not less than ninety-eight or more than two hundred million years.
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