accretion
- accretion
- accretion ac*cre"tion ([a^]k*kr[=e]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. accretio,
fr. accrescere to increase. Cf. {Crescent}, {Increase},
{Accrue}.]
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1. The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase
of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts;
organic growth. --Arbuthnot.
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2. 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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A mineral . . . augments not by growth, but by
accretion. --Owen.
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To strip off all the subordinate parts of his
narrative as a later accretion. --Sir G. C.
Lewis.
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3. Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the
accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
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4. A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the
fingers or toes. --Dana.
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5. (Law)
(a) 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 soil from the sea or a river, or by a gradual
recession of the water from the usual watermark.
(b) Gain to an heir or legatee, by failure of a coheir to
the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same
thing, to take his share. --Wharton. Kent.
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Accretion — [æ kriːʃn, englisch »Zuwachs«], Astronomie: die Akkretion … Universal-Lexikon
accretion — (n.) 1610s, from L. accretionem (nom. accretio) an increasing, a growing larger (e.g. of the waxing moon), noun of action from pp. stem of accrescere, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + crescere grow (see CRESCENT (Cf. crescent)) … Etymology dictionary
accretion — *addition, increment, accession Analogous words: adjunct, *appendage: adhesion, cohesion (see corresponding verbs at STICK): increase, augmentation, enlargement (see corresponding verbs at INCREASE) Contrasted words: diminution, dwindling,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
accretion — [n] gradual growth, addition accession, accumulation, augmentation, build up, increase, increment, raise, rise; concept 780 Ant. decrease, deduction, shrinkage … New thesaurus
accretion — ► NOUN 1) growth or increase by gradual accumulation. 2) a thing formed or added in this way … English terms dictionary
