accretionary
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accretionary — adj. Marked or produced by accretion. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
accretionary — increasing increasing adj. 1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices. [Narrower terms: {accretionary ; {augmenting, augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ; {growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Accretionary wedge — An accretionary wedge is sedimentary rock material that is accreted onto the non subducting tectonic plate at a convergent plate boundary. This mass will then form an accretionary wedge. The material in the accretionary wedge usually consists of… … Wikipedia
accretionary — adjective see accretion … New Collegiate Dictionary
accretionary — See accretion. * * * … Universalium
accretionary — adj. characterized by accretion, increasing or growing by means of accretion … English contemporary dictionary
accretionary — ac·cre·tion·ary … English syllables
accretionary — adjective marked or produced by accretion • Similar to: ↑increasing • Derivationally related forms: ↑accretion … Useful english dictionary
accretionary wedge — noun The accumulation of surface sediment formed between a subducting oceanic crustal plate and a continental tectonic plate, as it is scraped from off the top of the oceanic crustal plate … Wiktionary
accretionary growth — increase in size resulting from increase in number of special cells by mitotic division, other more differentiated cells which perform various physiologic functions having lost the ability to proliferate … Medical dictionary
