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ACCRETIONARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does accretionary mean?
• ACCRETIONARY (adjective)
The adjective ACCRETIONARY has 1 sense:
1. marked or produced by accretion
Familiarity information: ACCRETIONARY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked or produced by accretion
Similar:
increasing (becoming greater or larger)
Derivation:
accretion ((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))
accretion (an increase by natural growth or addition)
accretion ((geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment)
accretion ((biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles)
accretion ((astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases)
accretion (something contributing to growth or increase)
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