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consilience.

The concurrence of multiple inductions drawn from different data sets.

11 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kənˈsɪ.li.əns/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. The concurrence of multiple inductions drawn from different data sets.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The agreement, co-operation, or overlap of academic disciplines.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Latin con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) + saliō (“to bound, jump, leap”) (modelled after resiliēns (“rebounding”)) + -ence, influenced by concurrent. Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1840 in his book The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences.

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