Definition of Accretes. Meaning of Accretes. Synonyms of Accretes

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Definition of Accretes

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 Accretes from wikipedia

- 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...
- In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary (also known as a constructive boundary or an extensional boundary) is a linear feature...
- Look up accretion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Accretion may refer to: Accretion (astrophysics), the formation of planets and other bodies by collection...
- gravity of the white dwarf distorts the secondary, and the white dwarf accretes matter from the companion. Therefore, the secondary is often referred to...
- 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...
- companion. The stellar wind and Roche lobe overflow of the m****ive normal star accretes in such large quantities, the transfer is very unstable and creates a short...
- and a Type 1a supernova. The explosion is created when the white dwarf accretes hydrogen from the companion star, building up m**** until the hydrogen undergoes...
- Date Period/epoch Event 350 Ma Devonian An unnamed terrane collides and accretes to the North American plate, along a line roughly coinciding with the Nevada–Utah...
- existence. As was explained by Leon Mestel in 1952, unless the white dwarf accretes matter from a companion star or other source, its radiation comes from...
- of geology, the Greater Antilles are mostly made up of continental rock accreted on the North American Plate from relative movement of the Caribbean Plate...