The contraction of two vowels into a diphthong or a long vowel.
The separating out of the liquid from a gel.
From Ancient Greek συναίρεσις (sunaíresis, “unification”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + αἵρεσις (haíresis, “taking”), from αἱρέω (hairéō, “I take”).
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