Definition of conflation in English English dictionary
A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text
A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry
The process of moving the attributes of a spatial object (arc) contained in one coverage onto a spatial object (arc) in a second coverage when the two arcs are within a predefined distance of each other
The procedure of reconciling the positions of corresponding features in different data layers Usually performed by rubber-sheeting operations
A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry
a text or passage that is created by fusing together two separate texts The resulting text may contain details from both originals, such as two names for the same person
As a text error: The combining of two source readings into one by a copyist who prefers not to decide between them As a text process: The combining of the material of two or more texts into a single text, as in the Jan-Gwo Tsv
A blend or fusion, esp. a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text
{i} combination of two texts into one; text that is a product of a combination of two texts
If you conflate two or more descriptions or ideas, or if they conflate, you combine them in order to produce a single one. Her letters conflate past and present Unfortunately the public conflated fiction with reality and made her into a saint The two meanings conflated. to combine two or more things to form a single new thing (past participle of conflare , from com- ( COM-) + flare )