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accretion
(encz) | accretion,přirůstání Josef Kosek |
accretion
(encz) | accretion,srůst n: Zdeněk Brož |
accretion
(gcide) | accretion \ac*cre"tion\ ([a^]k*kr[=e]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. accretio,
fr. accrescere to increase. Cf. Crescent, Increase,
Accrue.]
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1. The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase
of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts;
organic growth. --Arbuthnot.
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2. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an
accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as,
an accretion of earth.
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A mineral . . . augments not by growth, but by
accretion. --Owen.
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To strip off all the subordinate parts of his
narrative as a later accretion. --Sir G. C.
Lewis.
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3. Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the
accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
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4. A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the
fingers or toes. --Dana.
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5. (Law)
(a) The adhering of property to something else, by which
the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to
another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of
sand or soil from the sea or a river, or by a gradual
recession of the water from the usual watermark.
(b) Gain to an heir or legatee, by failure of a coheir to
the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same
thing, to take his share. --Wharton. Kent.
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accretion
(wn) | accretion
n 1: an increase by natural growth or addition [syn:
accretion, accumulation]
2: something contributing to growth or increase; "he scraped
away the accretions of paint"; "the central city surrounded
by recent accretions"
3: (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect
of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases
4: (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or
particles
5: (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial
deposits or waterborne sediment
6: (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) |
ACCRETION
(bouvier) | ACCRETION. The increase of land by the washing of the seas or rivers. Hale,
De Jure Maris, 14. Vide Alluvion; Avulsion.
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ice accretion
(encz) | ice accretion,námraza n: Zdeněk Brož |
accretionary
(gcide) | accretionary \accretionary\ adj.
Marked or produced by accretion.
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accretionary
(gcide) | increasing \increasing\ adj.
1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices.
[Narrower terms: {accretionary ; {augmenting,
augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ;
{growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ;
{multiplicative ; {profit-maximizing ; {raising ;
accretive ; {rising ] {decreasing
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2. same as growing, 1. [prenominal]
Syn: growing(prenominal), incremental.
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3. (Music) increasing in some musical quality. Opposite of
decreasing. [Narrower terms: {accelerando ; {crescendo
]
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accretionary
(wn) | accretionary
adj 1: marked or produced by accretion |
ACCRETION
(bouvier) | ACCRETION. The increase of land by the washing of the seas or rivers. Hale,
De Jure Maris, 14. Vide Alluvion; Avulsion.
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