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crasis

(ˈkreɪsɪs)

n, pl -ses (-siːz)

(Phonetics & Phonology) the fusion or contraction of two adjacent vowels into one. Also called: syneresis

[C17: from Greek krasis a mingling, from kerannunai to mix]

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En efecto, Internet en ingles es la crasis o contraccion que opera la fusion de dos palabras, International Network, con las que se queria designar una gran agrupacion internacional de redes informaticas que comunicaban entre si a universidades y centros de investigacion de todo el mundo.

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Touching the first of these; The Notion of Existence of (f) God or Supream Governor of the World, is not only evident by undeniable reason and natural Evidence, but (g) seems to be ingraven in the very Crasis (8) of (h) human Nature, and congenite with it and connatural to it; And (i) not only /fol.