(n) :
the act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth; the act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth
"a mineral ... augments not by grown, but by accretion."
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(n) :
the act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth; the act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth
"a mineral ... augments not by grown, but by accretion."