Zunahme — meaning in English

English meaning

• accretion noun A gradual increase caused by new matter being added from outside.
• buildup noun A gradual increase or accumulation of something over time.
• growth noun An increase in size, amount or value over time.
• increase verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
• increment noun The process of growing bigger or increasing.
• progression noun A gradual movement or development from one stage to the next.
• proliferation noun A rapid increase in the number or spread of something.
• rise verb To move upward or increase.

Senses

Zunahme is used for these senses in English:

• accretion (uncountable, also, figurative) Increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth. [from early 17th c.]
• buildup An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.
• increase An amount by which a quantity is increased.
• increase For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
• increment The action of increasing or becoming greater.
• progression Development, increase, evolution.
• proliferation (countable) The act of increasing, rising, or proliferating; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
• rise The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.

accretion — full definition

1. noun A gradual increase caused by new matter being added from outside.
2. noun In geology, the build-up of new rock or sediment along the edge of a landmass or plate.
3. noun In astrophysics, the growth of planets, stars and other bodies as gravity draws matter together.

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