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act of increasing by natural growth
accretion, accumulation(noun)an increase by natural growth or addition
accretion(noun)something contributing to growth or increase
"he scraped away the accretions of paint"; "the central city surrounded by recent accretions"
accretion(noun)(astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases
accretion(noun)(biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles
accretion(noun)(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment
accretion(noun)(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)
a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of timea thick accretion of ice in a freezer that obviously had not been cleaned for some time
something added (as by growth)accretions of lime have thickened the cave's stalactites and stalagmites over the centuries
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