accretion
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美[?'kri??n]
- n. 添加；增加物；連生；沖積層
英英釋意
- 1. an increase by natural growth or addition
- 2. something contributing to growth or increase;
- "he scraped away the accretions of paint"
- "the central city surrounded by recent accretions"
- 3. (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases
- 4. (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles
- 5. (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or water-borne sediment
- 6. (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)