CONCRETION


Meaning of CONCRETION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kän-ˈkrē-shən, kən- ]

noun

Date: 1541

1. : something concreted: as

a. : a hard usually inorganic mass (as a bezoar or tophus) formed in a living body

b. : a mass of mineral matter found generally in rock of a composition different from its own and produced by deposition from aqueous solution in the rock

2. : the act or process of concreting : the state of being concreted

concretion of ideas in a hypothesis

• con·cre·tion·ary -shə-ˌner-ē adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.