Dictionary
con•fla•tion
Pronunciation: (kun-flā'shun), [key]—
n.
1. the process or result of fusing items into one entity; fusion; amalgamation.
2. Bibliog.
a. the combination of two variant texts into a new one.
b. the text resulting from such a combination.
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