SYNERESIS


Meaning of SYNERESIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈner-ə-səs, -ˈnir-, especially for 2 ]

ˌsi-nə-ˈrē- noun

Etymology: Late Latin synaeresis, from Greek synairesis, from synairein to contract, from syn- + hairein to take

Date: circa 1577

1. : synizesis

2. : the separation of liquid from a gel caused by contraction

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