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accrete verb

  /əˈkɹit/ , /əˈkɹiːt/
  • (intransitive) To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually.
 karttua, kartuttaa, kasaantua, kasvaa yhteen, kasvettua, kerryttää

accrete adjective

  /əˈkɹit/ , /əˈkɹiːt/
  • Characterized by accretion; made up.
 kasaantunut, kertynyt, kerääntynyt
  • (botany) Grown together.
 kasvettunut

accretion noun

  /əˈkɹiʃən/ , /əˈkɹiːʃn̩/
  • (uncountable) (Gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; (countable) an instance of this.
 kasaantuminen, kerääntyminen
  • (uncountable, also, figurative) Followed by of: external addition of matter to a thing which causes it to grow, especially in amount or size.
  • A substance which has built up on the surface of an object, rather than become embedded in it.
 kasautuma
  • (uncountable) The process of separate particles aggregating or coalescing together; concretion; (countable) a thing formed in this manner.
 kasautuma, kasautuminen
  • (countable, chiefly, figurative) Something gradually added to or growing on a thing externally.
 kasautuma, kerääntymä
  • (astrophysics) The formation of planets, stars, and other celestial bodies by the aggregating of matter drawn together by gravity; also, the growth of a celestial body through this process.
 kasautumisteoria
  • (uncountable, also, figurative) Increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth. [from early 17th c.]
 kasvaminen, kasvu
  • (geology) The process by which material is added to a geological feature; specifically, to a tectonic plate at a subduction zone.
 kerrostuminen
  • (inheritance law, uncountable) Increase of an inheritance to an heir or legatee due to the share of a co-heir or co-legatee being added to it, because the latter person is legally unable to inherit the share.
 perintöosuuden kasvaminen
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