synaeresis

English Thesaurus

1. the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making) (noun.process)

hypernym	:	chemical action, chemical change, chemical process,
definition	:	(chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved (noun.process)

2. the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong (noun.process)

hypernym	:	linguistic process,
definition	:	a process involved in human language (noun.process)