accretion

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  1. noun Growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion.
  2. noun Something contributing to such growth or increase: "the accretions of paint that had buried the door's details like snow” (Christopher Andreae).
  3. noun Biology The growing together or adherence of parts that are normally separate.
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  • It became evident that the right way for the Center to grow was by slow accretion, and the talk groups were the proper place for this to happen. —  A Renegade Psychiatrist's Story
  • Ice grains can combine through the process of core accretion and grow into solid cores of many Earth-mass sizes But in addition to core accretion, there is another planet forming mechanism that may be even more important in binary systems. —  Analog, July-August 2006
  • If you don't apperceive what your base is, again all of the accretion are advised accumulation (gain). —  lipstick.com: celebrity news that matters to you
  • With respect to branding, accretion is the simple principle that the more you invest-and the more consistently you invest-the better your long-term returns will be. —  BusinessWeek.com --
  • All articles must be created by a process of accretion, as if —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
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  1. Latin accrētiō, accrētiōn-, from accrētus, past participle of accrēscere, to grow; see accrue.

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  1. from Latin accretio(n-), from accretus, past participle of accrescere, grow: see accresce and accrete.
 

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