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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
synaeresis
    n 1: the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong [syn:
         syneresis, synaeresis]
    2: the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by
       contraction (as in cheese making) [syn: syneresis,
       synaeresis]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Synaeresis \Syn*aer"e*sis\, Syneresis \Syn*er"e*sis\, n. [NL.,
   fr. Gr. ? a taking or drawing together, fr. ? to take
   together; sy`n with + ? to take, to grasp. See Syn-, and
   Heresy.] (Gram.)
   The union, or drawing together into one syllable, of two
   vowels that are ordinarily separated in syllabification;
   synecphonesis; -- the opposite of diaeresis.
   [1913 Webster]

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