Definition of Accrete. Meaning of Accrete. Synonyms of Accrete

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Definition of Accrete

Accrete
Accrete Ac*crete", v. i. [From L. accretus, p. p. of accrescere to increase.] 1. To grow together. 2. To adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with to.
Accrete
Accrete Ac*crete", v. t. To make adhere; to add. --Earle.
Accrete
Accrete Ac*crete", a. 1. Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter. 2. (Bot.) Grown together. --Gray.

Meaning of Accrete from wikipedia

- Look up accretion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Accretion may refer to: Accretion (astrophysics), the formation of planets and other bodies by collection...
- In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary (also known as a constructive boundary or an extensional boundary) is a linear feature...
- A hernia (pl.: hernias or herniae, from Latin, meaning 'rupture') is the abnormal exit of tissue or an organ, such as the bowel, through the wall of the...
- crust fragment formed on a tectonic plate (or broken off from it) and accreted or "sutured" to crust lying on another plate. The crustal block or fragment...
- in order for the planet to be able to accrete an atmosphere. For a m****ive enough planet, the initial accreted gas can quickly fill up the Bondi sphere...
- accreted by the body after spiraling or settling toward its surface. This process increases the cross section over which the large bodies can accrete...
- Luzon Trough portion of the Luzon Volcanic Arc and South China, where accreted portions of the Luzon Arc and Luzon forearc form the eastern Coastal Range...
- the m**** of forming stars due to increasing radiation pressure on the accreting gas cloud. Several stars in the R136 cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud...
- when various types of dust and small grains in the early Solar System accreted to form primitive asteroids. Some such bodies that are captured in the...
- stellar wind or ejected via pulsational behavior, or if additional m**** is accreted, such as from a companion star. Stars are sometimes grouped by m**** based...