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accretion

English

🔊 (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
🔊 (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne 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”

accumulation