| 单词 | accretion |
| 释义 | accretion —accretive, accretionary, adj. /euh kree"sheuhn/, n. 1. an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent. 2. the result of this process. 3. an added part; addition: The last part of the legend is a later accretion. 4. the growing together of separate parts into a single whole. 5. Law. increase of property by gradual natural additions, as of land by alluvion. [1605-15; < L accretion- (s. of accretio), equiv. to accret(us), ptp. of accrescere to grow (ac- AC- + cre- grow + -tus ptp. suffix) + -ion- -ION] |
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