An accretion disk has formed around the star.
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Accretion
/əˈkɹiːʃn̩/
Synonyms for "accretion" (72 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (21)
Verb(1 words)
build up
Adjective(1 words)
bulk deposition
Related words (36)
Related word relations
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More general
11 entriesMore specific
9 entriesalluvionasset appreciationcapital accumulationcoastal accretiondepositionland enlargementlayeringrevenue growthsedimentation
Collocations
6 entriesaccretion diskaccretion processfinancial accretiongeological accretionrate of accretionstellar accretion
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- на́леп noun (something gradually added to or growing on a thing externally)
- прираст noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- срастване noun (process of separate particles aggregating or coalescing together; thing formed in this manner — see also concretion)
Czech
2 entries- přírůstek noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- zvětšení noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
Dutch
2 entries- accretie noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- 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)
Finnish
4 entries- kasaantuminen noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- 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)
- kasautuminen noun (process of separate particles aggregating or coalescing together; thing formed in this manner — see also concretion)
French
2 entries- accroissement noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- accrétion noun (process of separate particles aggregating or coalescing together; thing formed in this manner — see also concretion)
German
2 entries- Anwachsen noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- Zuwachs noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
Greek
1 entries- πρόσφυση noun (process of separate particles aggregating or coalescing together; thing formed in this manner — see also concretion)
Italian
2 entries- accrescimento noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- accrezione noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
Latin
1 entries- accrēsciamentum noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
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)
- przyrost noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- przyrost noun (something gradually added to or growing on a thing externally)
Portuguese
1 entries- acreção noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
Romanian
1 entries- dezvoltare noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
Russian
3 entries- нара́щивание noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- сраста́ние noun (process of separate particles aggregating or coalescing together; thing formed in this manner — see also concretion)
- сраще́ние noun (process of separate particles aggregating or coalescing together; thing formed in this manner — see also concretion)
Spanish
2 entries- acrecencia noun ((gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; an instance of this)
- concrescenza noun (process of separate particles aggregating or coalescing together; thing formed in this manner — see also concretion)
Ukrainian
2 entries- 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)
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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