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What (who) is Accretion - definition
Accretion (meteorology)
ACCUMULATION OF FROZEN WATER AS PRECIPITATION OVER TIME AS IT DESCENDS THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE
Accretion (atmospheric science); Accretion (atmosphere)
Accretion is defined as the gradual collection of something over time.Accretion (definition) Merriam-Webster.
Accretion
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Accretion (science); Accrete; Accretion (disambiguation); Accreation; Reaccretion
·noun A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.
II. Accretion ·noun Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
III. Accretion ·noun 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.
IV. Accretion ·noun The act of increasing by natural growth; ·esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
V. Accretion ·noun The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth.
VI. Accretion ·noun 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
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Accretion (science); Accrete; Accretion (disambiguation); Accreation; Reaccretion
n. 1) in real estate, the increase of the actual land on a stream, lake or sea by the action of water which deposits soil upon the shoreline. Accretion is Mother Nature's little gift to a landowner. 2) in estates, when a beneficiary of the person who died gets more of the estate than he/she was meant to because another beneficiary or heir dies or rejects the gift. Example: if a brother and sister were supposed to divide a share of Dad's estate, but brother doesn't want it, then sister's share grows by accretion. 3) in trusts, accretion occurs when a beneficiary gets a surprising increase in benefits due to an unexpected event.
See also: probate trust
Examples of use of Accretion
1. The charged breeze could zap the accretion disc‘s spin energy.
2. It guarantees an irreversible accretion of power to the EU.
3. The government is reversing this process of accretion.
4. Images from Chandra revealed a wind of charged particles blowing out from the gaseous accretion disc.
5. A new asteroid formed later by accretion of large fragments from the disruption.