ACCRETION
\ɐkɹˈɛʃən], \ɐkɹˈɛʃən], \ɐ_k_ɹ_ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of ACCRETION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or water-borne sediment
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(biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles
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(astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases
By Princeton University
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(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or water-borne sediment
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(biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles
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(astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
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The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.
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Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
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A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.
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The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
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Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share.
By Oddity Software
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The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
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The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.
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Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
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A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.
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The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
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Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share.
By Noah Webster.
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1. Increase by the addition of material of the same nature as that already present. 2. A growing together, adhesion.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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An increase in growth, particularly by accessions externally. The growing together of parts naturally separate, as the fingers or toes. The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing acquires the right to another, as when a legacy is left to two persons, and one of them dies before the testator, the legacy devolves to the survivor by right of accretion.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Augmentation; (F.) Accroissement; also, increase by juxtaposition.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Growth by organic enlargement; the growing of separate things into one;
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The whole resulting from this. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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