Accretion Definition

ə-krēshən
accretions
noun
accretions
Growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion.
American Heritage
Growth in size, esp. by addition or accumulation.
Webster's New World
Something contributing to such growth or increase.
American Heritage
A growing together of parts normally separate.
Webster's New World
The growing together or adherence of parts that are normally separate.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Accretion

Noun

Singular:
accretion
Plural:
accretions

Origin of Accretion

  • Latin accrētiō accrētiōn- from accrētus past participle of accrēscere to grow accrue

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin accretio, from ad (“to”) + crēscō (“grow”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Compare crescent, increase, accrue

    From Wiktionary

  • First attested in the 1610's.

    From Wiktionary

Accretion Sentence Examples

  • The opening of railway communication with London in 1906 resulted in a considerable accretion of residential population.

  • Its seaward accretion is estimated at 6 ft.

  • They are merely craters raised above the level of the surrounding country by the gradual accretion of the soft oily mud, which overflows at frequent intervals whenever a discharge of gas occurs.

  • But in a world of slow accretion, it was enough.

  • The rest of the story is probably the result of gradual expansion and accretion.

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Words Starting With

AACACC

Words Ending With

NONION

Unscrambles

accretion

Words Starting With A and Ending With N

Starts With A & Ends With NStarts With AC & Ends With NStarts With A & Ends With ON

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With A9 Letter Words Ending With N