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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. |