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accretion definitions
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1n. slow growth in size or amount47 sets
2growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; v. accrete46 sets
3slow growth in size or amount33 sets
4a growth in size; an increase in amount30 sets
5the growing of separate things into one25 sets
6an addition21 sets
7growth in size or increase in amount19 sets
8a growth in size, an increase in amount18 sets
9growth; increase12 sets
10growth11 sets
11the growing of seperate things into one10 sets
12(n.) slow growth in size or amount (stalactites are formed by the ___ of minerals from the roofs of caves.9 sets
13something contributing to growth or increase8 sets
14the process of growth or enlargement8 sets
15an increase by natural growth or addition7 sets
16(n.) slow growth in size or amount (stalactites are formed by the accretion of minerals from the roofs of caves7 sets
17growth, increase7 sets
18a gradual increase in size by external addition7 sets
19an increase; an addition7 sets
20n. growth; increase6 sets
21accumulation of matter; growth produced by adding from the outside6 sets
22an increase by natural growth6 sets
23growth, increase by successive addition, building up6 sets
24growth in size, increase in amount5 sets
25a growth in size; increase in amount5 sets
26an expansion made by natural growth (a beach accretes when calm waves carry sand to shore). the opposite of erosion.4 sets
27n. growth or increase by means of gradual additions4 sets
28(n.) slow growth in size or amount (stalactites are formed by the accretion of minerals from the roofs of caves.)4 sets
29an addition or increase4 sets
30(n.) slow growth in size or amount4 sets
31n. growth or increase in size by gradual external addition3 sets
32a slow process in which a sea plate slides under a continental plate, creating debris that can cause continents to grow outward3 sets
33growth especially by addition or accumulation3 sets
34n. growth, increase3 sets
35growth, accumulation3 sets
36n. growth in size or increase in amount3 sets
37growth, especially by addition or accumulation3 sets
38growth in size3 sets
39a gradual increase in the amount or size of something3 sets
40increase3 sets