accretion

Meanings

1. 1
   noun The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
2. 2
   noun The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition
3. 3
   noun Something added externally to promote growth the external growth of an item.
4. 4
   noun Concretion; coherence of separate particles
5. 5
   noun A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
6. 6
   noun The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
7. 7
   noun The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
8. 8
   noun Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share percentage.