accretion
51accretion — ac|cre|tion [ ə kriʃn ] noun count or uncount 1. ) FORMAL a gradual increase in the size or amount of something through the addition of new parts 2. ) TECHNICAL a layer of a substance that gradually forms on a rock or area of land, making it… …
52accretion — see CRESCENT …
53accretion — [ sedimentology ] The gradual increase or extension of land by natural forces acting over a long period of time, as on a beach by the washing up of sand from the sea or on a flood plain by the accumulation of sediment deposited by a stream …
54accretion — ac·cre·tion || æ kriËʃn n. expansion or increase due to gradual build up or additions; growth, increase in size; added part, addition; growing together or joining of separate parts …
55accretion — n. 1. Growth (by accession of parts), accumulation, increase by adhesion. 2. (Med.) Growing together, adhesion. 3. (Law.) Gradual accumulation (of soil, as at the mouth of a river) …
56accretion — noun 1 (C, U) technical a layer of a substance which slowly forms on something 2 (U) formal a gradual process by which new things are added and something gradually changes or gets bigger …
57accretion — An increase in the value of an asset as a result of a physical change (e.g. a growing crop), as opposed to an increase in value as a result of a change in its market price …
58accretion — n 1. increase, expansion, extension, augmentation, aggrandizement; addition, increment, supplement, gain, accession, access; growth, accrual, accruement, accumulation, piling up; enlargement, amplification. 2. consolidation, solidification,… …
59accretion — ac·cre·tion …
60accretion — ac•cre•tion [[t]əˈkri ʃən[/t]] n. 1) an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition 2) the result of this process 3) an added part 4) the growing together of separate parts into a single whole 5) law Law. increase of property by… …
