Accretion ¹

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

Accretion ²

Definition: The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.

Accretion ³

Definition: Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.

Accretion ⁴

Definition: A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.

Accretion ⁵

Definition: 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.

Accretion ⁶

Definition: Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share.

accretion ⁷

Definition: (law) an increase in a beneficiary''s share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance)

accretion ⁸

Definition: an increase by natural growth or addition

accretion ⁹

Definition: (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or water-borne sediment

accretion ¹⁰

Definition: (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles

accretion ¹¹

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

accretion ¹²

Definition: something contributing to growth or increase; "he scraped away the accretions of paint"; "the central city surrounded by recent accretions"