accretion

1. (also, figuratively, uncountable)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.

   Zunahme

   прираще́ниеpriraščénije, приро́стpriróst, увеличе́ниеuveličénije

   an increase by natural growth or addition

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

   Near-synonym: accumulation

   A mineral augments not by growth, but by accretion.

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

   (countable, uncountable)The process by which material is added to a geological feature; specifically, to a tectonic plate at a subduction zone.

4. (also, figuratively, uncountable)Followed by of: external addition of matter to a thing which causes it to grow, especially in amount or size.

5. (uncountable)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.

   сраще́ниеsraščénije, сраста́ниеsrastánije

   зроста́нняzrostánnja

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

   (countable, uncountable)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.

   Akkretion

   аккре́цияakkrécija

   акреціяakrecija

   (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases

7. (countable, figuratively)Something gradually added to or growing on a thing externally.

   accretion of ice

8. Something gradually added to or growing on a thing externally.

   (countable, figuratively, uncountable)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. (uncountable)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. (uncountable)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.

1. An accretion disk has formed around the star.

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2. Maltese stems from Siculo-Arabic, but all its modern accretions have been European.

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