English Dictionary

accretion

IPA（発音記号）

/ə.ˈkɹi.ʃən/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.

日本語の意味

内部から部分が加わることによる自然な成長、すなわち、有機体などが徐々に付加・蓄積して増大する現象を指す。 / 徐々に重なり合い、蓄積されることによる増加・拡大。

The accretion of sediment along the riverbank changed the landscape over decades.

川岸に砂や堆積物が徐々に蓄積したことで、数十年で地形が変化した。

意味（1）

The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.

There might have been a slight accretion of the moss and lichen on the shingled roof.

意味（2）

The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition.

an accretion of earth

意味（3）

Something added externally to promote the external growth of an item.

意味（4）

Concretion; coherence of separate particles.

the accretion of particles to form a solid mass

意味（5）

(biology) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.

意味（6）

(geology) The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.

意味（7）

(law) 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.

意味（8）

(law) 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 percentage.

accretions （ plural ）