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BNC: 22082 COCA: 17492

accretion

Word family 
ac·cre·tion /əˈkriːʃən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] formal  
1. a layer of a substance which slowly forms on something 积聚层，堆积层
2. a gradual process by which new things are added and something gradually changes or gets bigger 增加；增大
Examples from the Corpus
accretion• The public sector continued to grow through a process of bureaucratic accretion financed by economic growth.• This is perhaps because the later accretions are somewhat dwarfed amid the towering Gothic architecture.• The surface of the Moon is the result of accretion and of subsequent impacts and slow-acting erosional processes.• Erosion or accretion of sand by wind action is evident throughout and soil genesis is truncated by erosion or fossilised by deposition.• Coral growth and the accretion of sediments in coastal mangroves will compensate.
From Longman Business Dictionary
accretionac·cre·tion /əˈkriːʃən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]
a slow, gradual increase in an amount, level, value etc
We will solve our trade problem not by big contracts, but by an accretion of hundreds of smaller deals.
Origin accretion
(1600-1700) Latin accretio, from accrescere, from ad- “to” + crescere “to grow”
ac·cre·tion noun
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BNC: 22082 COCA: 17492
BNC: 22082 COCA: 17492
BNC: 22082 COCA: 17492
accretion
Rates of increase and the process of increasing: uptick, increase, growth...
Layers and coverings: surface, cover, layer...

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