English-Finnish translations for accretion

Definition of accretion

• The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth
• The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition
• Something added externally to promote growth the external growth of an item
• A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes
• 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

Examples

• an accretion of earth
• A mineral ... augments not by growth, but by accretion.
• the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass

Related words

• accretionary
• accretion disk
• accretion disc
• accretion of discount
• accretionary wedge
• wall accretion