accretion
41accretion borer — noun : a hollow auger used for cutting out from a tree a core from which accretion is estimated by counting annual rings …
42accretion cutting — noun or accretion thinning : thinning of trees in order to secure greater growth in girth of those left standing …
43accretion thinning — noun see accretion cutting …
44accretion — n. [L. accrescere, to increase] Growth or increase by external addition; see intussusception …
45accretion — 1. Increase by addition to the periphery of material of the same nature as that already present; e.g., the manner of growth of crystals. SYN: accrementition (2). 2. In dentistry, foreign material (usually plaque or calculus) collecting on the …
46accretion — growth of a natural feature by enlargement due to the addition of more of the same material …
47accrétion — (a kkré tion) s. f. Terme de physiologie. Action de croître, de se développer. ÉTYMOLOGIE Accretio, de accrescere (voy. accroître) …
48accretion — Land addition by sediment deposition of a stream [16] …
49accretion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See increase. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. accumulation, growth, addition, buildup; see addition 2 , increase 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. growth, accumulation, augmentation, addition, enlargement …
50accretion — ac|cre|tion [əˈkri:ʃən] n [U and C] formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: accretio, from accrescere, from ad to + crescere to grow ] 1.) a layer of a substance which slowly forms on something 2.) a gradual process by which new things are… …