Of the three beds, the central one is the most compact, and more like ordinary sandstone: it includes numerous flattened spherical concretions.
"My new statue!" said Kenyon. . . . "It is the concretion of a good deal of thought, emotion, and toil of brain and hand."
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concrétion — [ kɔ̃kresjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1537; lat. concretio, de concrescere → concret 1 ♦ Le fait de prendre une consistance plus solide. ⇒ épaississement, solidification. 2 ♦ Réunion de parties en un corps solide; ce corps. Géol. Concrétion calcaire (⇒… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Concretion — Concrétion Une concrétion est la réunion de différents corps chimiques et physiques qui se solidifient ensemble. Les stalactites des grottes se forment par concrétion. L eau, chargée de dioxyde de carbone, dissout le calcaire des roches qu elle… … Wikipédia en Français
concrétion — CONCRÉTION. s. fém. Terme de Physique. Amas de plusieurs parties qui se réunissent en une masse. Concrétion saline. Concrétion pierreuse … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
concretion — by 1670s, from Fr. concrétion, from L. concretionem (nom. concretio), from concretus (see CONCRETE (Cf. concrete)) … Etymology dictionary
Concretion — Con*cre tion, n. [L. concretio.] 1. The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification. [1913 Webster] 2. A mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing together, by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Concretion — (v. lat.), 1) so v. w. Concrement; 2) (Physiol. u. Pathol.), Bildung in thierischen Körpern in eigenen Höhlungen, od. auch im Zellgewebe, durch Absatz erdiger Theile, die, nach Aufsaugung der flüssigen Theile, eine feste Consistenz angenommen… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Concretion — Concretion, lat., Zusammenwachsen, wenn zwei oder mehrere Theile des menschlichen Körpers mit einander verwachsen … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
concretion — index adherence (adhesion), adhesion (affixing), congealment, corpus, density Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
concretion — ► NOUN ▪ a hard solid mass formed by accumulation of matter … English terms dictionary
concretion — [kən krē′shən] n. [L concretio: see CONCRETE] 1. a solidifying or being solidified 2. an act or instance of concretizing 3. a solidified mass; specif., a) Geol. an inclusion in sedimentary rock, usually rounded and harder than the surrounding… … English World dictionary
Concretion — For other uses, see enterolith and nodule (geology). Septaria redirects here. For the genus of gastropods, see Septaria (gastropod). Concretions on Bowling Ball Beach (Mendocino County, California) weather out of steeply tilted Cenozoic mudstone… … Wikipedia
