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the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards); "a commission is responsible for the accreditation of medical schools"
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an increase by natural growth or addition something contributing to growth or increase; "he scraped away the accretions of paint"; "the central city surrounded by recent accretions" (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment (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)
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1. (Sometimes incorrectly called coagulation.) In cloud physics, usually the growth of an ice hydrometeor by collision with supercooled cloud drops that freeze wholly or partially upon contact. May also refer to the collection of smaller ice particles. This has been called a form of agglomeration and is analogous to coalescence, in which liquid drops collect other liquid drops. See ice accretion; compare coagulation. 2. ...
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| accretion |
Deposition of material by sedimentation which increases land area. Accretion. Deposition of material by sedimentation which increases land area.
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Growth of a cloud or precipitation particle by the collision and union of a frozen particle with a super-cooled water drop.
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