accretion

1. n. The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth. Source: opted

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

3. n. Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass. Source: opted

4. n. A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes. Source: opted

5. n. 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. Source: opted

6. n. Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a legatee">co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share. Source: opted

7. n. an increase by natural growth or addition Source: wordnet

8. n. something contributing to growth or increase Source: wordnet

9. n. (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases Source: wordnet

10. n. (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles Source: wordnet

11. n. (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment Source: wordnet

12. n. (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) Source: wordnet

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