ACCRETION

accretion

(noun) (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, accumulation

(noun) an increase by natural growth or addition

accretion

(noun) (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment

accretion

(noun) (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles

accretion

(noun) (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases

accretion

(noun) something contributing to growth or increase; “he scraped away the accretions of paint”; “the central city surrounded by recent accretions”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

accretion (countable and uncountable, plural accretions)

The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.

The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition

Something added externally to promote growth the external growth of an item.

Concretion; coherence of separate particles

(biology) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.

(geology) The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.

(legal) 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 sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.

(legal) Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share percentage.

Synonyms

• growth

Antonyms

• decay

• erosion

• attrition

Anagrams

• anorectic

Source: Wiktionary

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Ac*cre"tion, n. Etym: [L. accretio, fr. accrescere to increase. Cf. Crescent, Increase, Accrue.]

1. The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth. Arbuthnot.

2. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth. A mineral . . . augments not by grown, but by accretion. Owen. To strip off all the subordinate parts of his as a later accretion. Sir G. C. Lewis.

3. Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.

4. A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes. Dana.

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 sail 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, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share. Wharton. Kent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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