Consolidation

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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

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