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
- 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
- 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.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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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