accretion
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7.4
- noun
- /əˈkriːʃən/
- Specialized
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acumulación
- And the accretion of all these injuries tells me something's wrong up here a little bit.
- accretion disk
- core-accretion
- accretion of bone
A lot of people find this with the accretion of wealth, never get enough of it.
- A lot of people find this with the accretion of wealth, never get enough of it.
- But the black hole that they're looking at has matter around it in an accretion disk.
- And it's that layer after layer and accretion of lack of trust.
- And so we're seeing things like that accretion disk surrounding it.
- As that happens, the accretion happens, it glows in X-rays.
- So the accretion just don't wobble or spin really.
- I understand spheres, I understand physics, accretion discs, quantum physics, quantum mechanics, all these things.
Examples
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Though this path of accretion is less swift, it may be more sure in the end.
Academic text (2001) -
An understanding of the costs emerged more slowly, through painful experience and the gradual accretion of research.
Academic text (1996) -
A lot of people find this with the accretion of wealth, never get enough of it.
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I think the accretion of this stuff was just too much for the voters.
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Capital formation, which arises through innovation rather than by accretion of savings, contributes disproportionately to economic growth.
Academic text (1991) -
A sum of error, he sometimes thinks, an accretion of mistakes he can't repudiate because they're his.
Fiction book (1992) -
Turns out, fortunately, that the steady and essentially unending accretion of interplanetary and intermoon particles may replenish the rings.
Academic text (2004) -
The accretion of ice on the lake's surface created a beautiful winter scene.
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Over time, the accretion of dust and debris made the old statue difficult to see.
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Scientists study the accretion of sediment in the river to understand its environmental changes.
Synonyms
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3.1
A slow increase in something over time
31
2.6
A thick group of plants or weeds that covers an area
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3.4
A group of things gathered in one place over time
A gradual increase over time, often of money or benefits
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Accretion comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and crescere 'to grow', just like the common word increase. So, it means things getting bigger by being added together, for example dust joining to form a planet.