Zuwachs — meaning in English

English meaning

• accession noun The act of joining or agreeing to something.
• accretion noun A gradual increase caused by new matter being added from outside.
• increment noun The process of growing bigger or increasing.

Senses

Zuwachs is used for these senses in English:

• accession Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
• accretion (uncountable) (Gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; (countable) an instance of this.
• increment The action of increasing or becoming greater.

accession — full definition

1. noun The act of joining or agreeing to something.
2. noun An increase made by adding something; the thing added.
3. noun An item added to the collection of a museum or archive.
4. noun (law) A way of gaining ownership of something because it has grown or had something added to it, where the owner of the original thing becomes owner of the addition too, as long as it has not turned into something different.

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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