Defenition of the word accretion

Defenition of the word accretion
- The imperceptible and gradual addition to land by the slow action of water.
- The formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases.
- (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)
- an increase by natural growth or addition
- (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)
- (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or water-borne sediment
- (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles
- (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases
- something contributing to growth or increase; "he scraped away the accretions of paint"; "the central city surrounded by recent accretions"
- (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment
- something contributing to growth or increase