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Accretions

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

📖 Definitions of "Accretions"

noun

1
The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
2
The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition
"A mineral ... augments not by growth, but by accretion."
3
Something added externally to promote growth the external growth of an item.
4
Concretion; coherence of separate particles
"the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass"

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