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consilience
CIDE DICTIONARY
consilience, n. [con- + salire to leap.].
Act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence. [1913 Webster]
"The consilience of inductions takes place when one class of facts coincides with an induction obtained from another different class." [1913 Webster]
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consilience
Concurrence
N concurrence, cooperation, coagency, union, agreement, consilience, consent, coincidence, alliance, concert, additivity, synergy, partnership, common cause, concurring, concurrent, in alliance with, banded together, of one mind, at one with, coinciding, with one consent.For further exploring for "consilience" in Webster Dictionary Online