accretion

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth.

   “Warwick was unable to perceive much change in the market-house. […] There might have been a slight accretion of the moss and lichen on the shingled roof.”

2. isim (Gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; (countable) an instance of this.

   “A mineral augments not by growth, but by accretion.”

3. isim The process by which material is added to a geological feature; specifically, to a tectonic plate at a subduction zone.
4. isim Followed by of: external addition of matter to a thing which causes it to grow, especially in amount or size.

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5. isim The process of separate particles aggregating or coalescing together; concretion; (countable) a thing formed in this manner.

   “The accretion of particles forms a solid mass.”

6. isim The formation of planets, stars, and other celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; also, the growth of a celestial body through this process.

   “This theory, known as pebble accretion, is reshaping how scientists think about the early solar system. […] "In many ways, pebble accretion is the most efficient way of adding mass to a body," says Lambrechts.”

7. isim Something gradually added to or growing on a thing externally.

   “accretion of ice”

8. isim A substance which has built up on the surface of an object, rather than become embedded in it.

   “Accretions of dirt on clothing are often left in place by conservators because they can provide additional details about the artefact’s importance or history.”

9. isim Increase in property by the addition of other property to it (for example, gain of land by alluvion (“the deposition of sediment by a river or sea”) or dereliction (“recession of water from the usual watermark”), or entitlement to the products of the property such as interest on money); or by the property owner acquiring another person’s ownership rights; accession; (countable) an instance of this.
10. isim Increase of an inheritance to an heir or legatee due to the share of a co-heir or co-legatee being added to it, because the latter person is legally unable to inherit the share.