ACCRETION


Meaning of ACCRETION in English

noun see: accrue Date: 1615 the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: as, increase by external addition or accumulation (as by adhesion of external parts or particles), the increase of land by the action of natural forces, a product of ~, ~ary adjective accretive adjective

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