прираще́ние — meaning in English
prirashcheniye
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English meaning
- accretion noun A gradual increase caused by new matter being added from outside.
Senses
прираще́ние 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.]
accretion — full definition
- noun A gradual increase caused by new matter being added from outside.
- noun In geology, the build-up of new rock or sediment along the edge of a landmass or plate.
- noun In astrophysics, the growth of planets, stars and other bodies as gravity draws matter together.
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