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The correct spelling is accretions.
How to pronounce accretions
noun
Say it like: Acc-res-hon-s
The correct spelling is accretions. The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth. For example: "A mineral ... augments not by growth, but by accretion."
Usage Examples
“A mineral ... augments not by growth, but by accretion.”
“the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass”
Definition
noun
- 1.The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
- 2.The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition
- 3.Something added externally to promote growth the external growth of an item.
- 4.Concretion; coherence of separate particles
- 5.A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
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