accretion
/ə.ˈkɹi.ʃən/ · noun
Meaning
- The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
- The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition
- Something added externally to promote growth the external growth of an item.
- Concretion; coherence of separate particles
- A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
- The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
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