consilience

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kənˈsɪ.li.əns/ Hyphenation: con‧si‧li‧ence === Noun === consilience (countable and uncountable, plural consiliences) (logic) The concurrence of multiple inductions drawn from different data sets. [from 1840] Synonym: coincidence The agreement, co-operation, or overlap of academic disciplines. ==== Derived terms ==== consilient consiliently ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === consilience on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “consilience”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.