FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

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

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

n Something added externally to promote growth the external growth of an item.

n concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.

n (context|biology) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.

n (context|geology) The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.

n (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.

n (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.