Definitions for accretion

accretion ac·cre·tion

Spelling: [uh-kree-shuh n]
IPA: /əˈkri ʃən/

Accretion is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 582 anagrams from letters in accretion (acceinort).

Definitions for accretion

noun

  1. an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
  2. the result of this process.
  3. an added part; addition:
  4. the growing together of separate parts into a single whole.
  5. Law. increase of property by gradual natural additions, as of land by alluvion.

Origin of accretion

1605-15; Latin accrētiōn- (stem of accrētiō), equivalent to accrēt(us), past participle of accrēscere to grow (ac- ac- + crē- grow + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn

Examples for accretion

The direction of polarization for a quasar is determined by the accretion disk surrounding it.

She was in a state of rare contentment, an accretion to the gaiety that was hers by nature.

A really major difference is the accretion of territory by the Nongatl.

The only difficulty in this accretion is to secure debtors that will not die.

The fund had ample time for accretion, since the children were as late as Never is.

With any accretion allowed, the concentration of wealth is irresistible.

Their gravitational pull can draw in huge amounts of gas, which swirls in a thick donut-shaped pattern known as an accretion disk.

Organisms are not added to by accretion, as in the case of minerals, but by growth.

The powerful forces of gravity and magnetism channel matter into huge flattened spinning platters known as accretion disks.

The accretion of interest groups is not a uniquely American problem.

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