Meaning of ACCRETION
| Pronunciation: | | u'kreeshun
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] (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)
- [n] an increase by natural growth or addition
- [n] (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or water-borne sediment
- [n] (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles
- [n] (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases
- [n] something contributing to growth or increase; "he scraped away the accretions of paint"; "the central city surrounded by recent accretions"
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ACCRETION is a 9 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | accumulation |
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| | See Also: | | addition, deposit, deposition, gain, growth, heritage, increase, increase, increment, inheritance | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ac*cre"tion\, n. [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.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A gradual growth through accumulation of more units. For example, the collection of cells on a filter would be an accretion of the cells. |
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| Legal Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The increase or accumulation of land by natural causes, as out of a lake or river. |
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| Glossary |
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| | Definition: | | growth by virtue of an increase in inter-cellular materials. |
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