przyrost — meaning in English

English meaning

• accretion noun A gradual increase caused by new matter being added from outside.
• increase verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.

Senses

przyrost is used for these senses in English:

• accretion (uncountable) (Gradual) increase by an external addition of matter; (countable) an instance of this.
• accretion (countable, chiefly, figurative) Something gradually added to or growing on a thing externally.
• increase An amount by which a quantity is increased.

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.

increase — full definition

1. verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
2. verb To make something larger in amount, number, or degree.
3. noun The amount by which something grows, or the act of growing larger.

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