accretion
Nouns
- (n) an increase by natural growth or addition accumulation,
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(n) something contributing to growth or increase
- he scraped away the accretions of paint
- the central city surrounded by recent accretions
- (n) (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases
- (n) (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles
- (n) (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment
- (n) (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance)