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Encyclopedia > Accretion (science)

Accretion is increase in size by gradual addition of smaller parts. This term is used in the following fields:


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Accretion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (149 words)
Accretion (geology), an increase of land by the deposit of waterborne sediment
Accretion (science), increase in size by gradual addition of smaller parts
Raindrop accretion, in meteorology, is the process by which water vapor in clouds forms water droplets around nucleation sites, then falls to the surface as precipitation.
Accretion (science) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (317 words)
Accretion is a process in which the size of something gradually increases by steady addition of smaller parts.
In atmospheric science for growth of a precipitation particle by the collision of an ice crystal or snowflake with a supercooled liquid droplet that freezes upon impact.
Accretion disks are common around smaller stars or stellar remnants in a close binary, or fl holes in the centers of spiral galaxies.
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