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Definition of Accretion

Accretion The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth. Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass. A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes. 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. 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. Related Definitions: Accession, Accretion, Act, Added, Addition, Adhering, An, Another, As, Bodies, By, Co-Legatee, Coheir, Coherence, Concretion, Earth, Else, Externally, Extraneous, Failure, Form, From, Gain, Generally, Gradual, Growing, Growth, Heir, His, Increase, Increasing, Internal, Land, Legatee, Mass, Matter, Natural, Naturally, Of, One, Or, Organic, Owner, Possessed, Property, Recession, Right, River, Sail, Same, Sand, Sea, Separate, Share, So, Solid, Something, Succession, Take, The, Thing, To, Together, Up, Usual, Washing, Water, Watermark, Which

Accretion Quotations Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all. Walt Whitman The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider - and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation -. Alexander Graham Bell The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. Alexander Graham Bell Nothing happens quite by chance. It's a question of accretion of information and experience. Jonas Salk

Accretion Translations accretion in French is croissance, accroisement accretion in German is Zunahme, Wertzuwachs, Wachstum accretion in Italian is incremento, aumento di valore, sviluppo accretion in Spanish is medra

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