Associations to the word «Syneresis»

Wiktionary

SYNERESIS, noun. Alternative spelling of synaeresis

Dictionary definition

SYNERESIS, noun. The contraction of two vowels into a diphthong.
SYNERESIS, noun. The separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope