Lexic.us

Definition of Accretion

1. Noun. An increase by natural growth or addition.

2. Noun. Something contributing to growth or increase. "The central city surrounded by recent accretions"

3. Noun. (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases.

4. Noun. (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles.

5. Noun. (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment.

6. Noun. (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).

Definition of Accretion

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

Definition of Accretion

1. Noun. The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth. ¹

2. Noun. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an ''accretion'' of earth. ¹

3. Noun. Something added externally to promote growth the external growth of an item. ¹

4. Noun. concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the ''accretion'' of particles so as to form a solid mass. ¹

5. Noun. (context: biology) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes. ¹

6. Noun. (context: geology) The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment. ¹

7. Noun. (context: legal) 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. ¹

8. Noun. (context: legal) 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Accretion

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Accretion

1. 1. Increase by addition to the periphery of material of the same nature as that already present; e.g., the manner of growth of crystals. Synonym: accrementition. 2. In dentistry, foreign material (usually plaque or calculus) collecting on the surface of a tooth or in a cavity. 3. A growing together. Origin: L. Accretio, fr. Ad, to, + crescere, to grow (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Accretion

accrementitions accresce accresced accrescence accrescences accrescent accresces accrescing accrete accreted

accreter accreters accretes accreting accretio cordis accretion (current term) accretion disc accretion discs accretion disk accretion disks

accretion lines accretion of lithosphere accretion shock accretional accretionary accretionary growth accretions accretive accretor

Literary usage of Accretion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Water Rights in the Western States: The Law of Prior Appropriation of Water by Samuel Charles Wiel (1911)
"12 The change must be permanent; the doctrine of accretion does not apply to land alternately above and under water, so long as the water substantially ..."

2. International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied by the United States by Charles Cheney Hyde (1922)
"accretion. By virtue of a principle known as that of accretion, ... The doctrine of the English cases is, that accretion is an addition to land coterminous ..."

3. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1905)
"Such new formations accretion, may be a modification only of the existing State territory, as, for instance, where an island rises within such river or a ..."

4. The Law of Real Property: (based on Minor's Institutes) by Raleigh C. Minor, John Wurts, John Barbee Minor (1909)
"Various Sorts of accretion. 812. Title by accretion Generally. 813. ... Various Sorts <jf accretion. An accretion is an addition to land already held by an ..."

5. Water Rights in the Western States: The Law of Prior Appropriation of Water by Samuel Charles Wiel (1911)
"376, 80 CCA changes by accretion or erosion, in r,SO, 104 XW 1001, 109 XW 744, ... City of Brooklyn, 101 •accretion' the boundaries of the ri- NY 51, ..."

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