An accretion disk has formed around the star.
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Accretion
//əˈkɹiːʃn̩//
Synonyms for "accretion" (65 found)
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Related words (32)
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3 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
116 translations across 51 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تنامي noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Armenian
1 entries- աճանստվածք noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Asturian
1 entries- acrecimientu noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- akkresiya noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Basque
1 entries- akrezio noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Belarusian
1 entries- акрэ́цыя noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Bengali
1 entries- বিবৃদ্ধি noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Bulgarian
4 entries- акреция noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
- на́леп noun (something gradually added to or growing on a thing externally)
- прираст noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
- прираст noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
Catalan
2 entries- acreció noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
- acreció noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 吸積 /吸积 noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Czech
4 entries- akrece noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
- narůstání noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
- nárůst noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
- nárůstek noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
Danish
1 entries- tilføjelse noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
Dutch
3 entries- accretie noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- accretie noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
- vermeerdering noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
Esperanto
1 entries- alkresko noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
Estonian
1 entries- akretsioon noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Finnish
4 entries- kasaantuminen noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- kasautuma noun (external addition of matter to a thing which causes it to grow)
- kasautuma noun (process of separate particles aggregating or coalescing together; thing formed in this manner — see also concretion)
- kasautuma noun (something gradually added to or growing on a thing externally)
French
4 entries- accroissement noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- accrétion noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
- accrétion noun (process of separate particles aggregating or coalescing together; thing formed in this manner — see also concretion)
- accrétion noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
German
4 entries- Akkretion noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
- Anwachsen noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- Zunahme noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
- Zuwachs noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
Greek
3 entries- επαύξηση noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
- επισώρευση noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
- πρόσφυση noun (process of separate particles aggregating or coalescing together; thing formed in this manner — see also concretion)
Hebrew
1 entries- ספיחה noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
Ido
1 entries- naturala akumulo noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
Indonesian
1 entries- akresi noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Interlingua
2 entries- accrescimento noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
- augmento noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
Irish
1 entries- fuilleamh noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Italian
4 entries- accrescimento noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
- accrescimento noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- accrescimento noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
- accrezione noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
Japanese
1 entries- 降着 noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Kazakh
1 entries- аккреция noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Korean
1 entries- 강착 noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- аккреция noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Latin
1 entries- accrēsciamentum noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
Latvian
1 entries- akrēcija noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Lithuanian
1 entries- akrecija noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- akkretioun noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Macedonian
2 entries- акрецијата noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
- насобирањето noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Malay
1 entries- tokokan noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- akkresjon noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Occitan
1 entries- acrecion noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Persian
1 entries- برافزایش noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Polish
4 entries- akrecja noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- akrecja noun (process of separate particles aggregating or coalescing together; thing formed in this manner — see also concretion)
- akrecja noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
- przyrost noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
Portuguese
3 entries- acreção noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
- acreção noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- acreção noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Romanian
4 entries- acrescământ noun (increase of an inheritance to an heir or legatee due to the share of a co-heir or co-legatee being added to it)
- acreție noun (process by which material is added to a geological feature; specifically, to a tectonic plate at a subduction zone)
- acreție noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
- dezvoltare noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
Russian
4 entries- аккре́ция noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
- нара́щивание noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- прираще́ние noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
- приро́ст noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- akrécija noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
- акре́ција noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Slovak
2 entries- akrécia noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
- narastanie noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Spanish
4 entries- acrecencia noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
- acrecencia noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- acrecimiento noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
- acreción noun (increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; amount of such growth)
Tajik
1 entries- аккретсия noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Telugu
1 entries- ఎక్రీషన్ noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Turkish
1 entries- yığılma noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Ukrainian
3 entries- акреція noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
- зроста́ння noun (process of separate particles aggregating or coalescing together; thing formed in this manner — see also concretion)
- наро́щування noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
Uzbek
1 entries- akkretsiya noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bồi tụ noun (formation of celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; growth of a celestial body through this process)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
He says the accretion disk, a swirling mass of dust and gas at the mouth of black holes that helps feed them, is mostly inhospitable.
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Warwick was unable to perceive much change in the market-house. […] There might have been a slight accretion of the moss and lichen on the shingled roof.
Source: wiktionary
The immense accretion of flesh which had descended on her in middle life like a flood of lava on a doomed city had changed her from a plump active little woman with a neatly-turned foot and ankle into something as vast and august as a natural phenomenon.
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