Accretion

(noun.) (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance).

(noun.) an increase by natural growth or addition.

(noun.) (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne sediment.

(noun.) (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles.

(noun.) (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases.

(noun.) something contributing to growth or increase; 'he scraped away the accretions of paint'; 'the central city surrounded by recent accretions'.

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• One accretion followed another. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It is an accretion of power around a center of influence, cemented by patronage, graft, favors, friendship, loyalties, habits,--a human grouping, a natural pyramid. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• And it may be that the early parts of the gospels are accretions of the same nature. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It may have been merely a cleansing of the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth from theological and ceremonial accretions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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