Consolidation 2877004 216022555 2008-05-30T18:58:18Z 205.157.244.33 {{Wiktionary}} '''Consolidation''' may refer to the following: * [[Consolidation (business)]], the mergers or acquisitions of many smaller companies into much larger ones * [[Consolidation (soil)]], a geological process whereby a soil decreases in volume * [[Consolidation (media)]], consolidation in the United States media into a few companies * [[Consolidation (medicine)]], a clinical term for solidification into a firm dense mass * [[Championship consolidation]], the act of combining two separate championships into a single title * [[Data consolidation]], the consolidation of data from multiple sources into a centralized system * [[Democratic consolidation]], the process by which a new democracy matures * [[Memory consolidation]], the process by which recent memories are crystallised into long-term memory * [[School consolidation]], the process of combining two or more small schools into one larger institution * [[Federal student loan consolidation]], allows students to consolidate student loans into one single debt * Consolidation, a popular name of a steam locomotive type, with [[2-8-0]] wheel, built first in 1864. The name came from consolidation of two rail companies ==See also== * [[Consolidated city-county]], a consolidation of city and county governments used by some United States cities * [[Travel consolidators]], a consolidation of travel services in one package or at one single point of access * [[Likud]], an [[Israel]]i [[conservatism|conservative]] [[revisionist Zionist]] [[political party]] whose name is [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] for "Consolidation" {{disambig}} [[de:Konsolidierung]] [[fr:Consolidation]] [[ru:Консолидация]]