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accretions

/əˈkriːʃənz/

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noun

Acreciones, crecimiento

The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.

Examples :

"The coral reef grew over many years due to the slow accretions of calcium carbonate. "

El arrecife de coral creció durante muchos años debido a las lentas acreciones de carbonato de calcio.

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noun

Acumulaciones, agregados

The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition

Examples :

"A mineral ... augments not by growth, but by accretion."

Un mineral no aumenta por crecimiento, sino por agregación.

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noun

Acreciones, agregados

Something added externally to promote growth the external growth of an item.

Examples :

"The coral reef grew larger over time due to the constant accretions of calcium carbonate. "

El arrecife de coral creció con el tiempo debido a las constantes agregaciones de carbonato de calcio.

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noun

Acreciones, acumulaciones

Concretion; coherence of separate particles

Examples :

"the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass"

La acreción de partículas para formar una masa sólida.

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noun

Crecimientos, adherencias

A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.

Examples :

"The doctor explained that the baby's hand showed unusual accretions; some of the fingers were fused together at birth. "

El médico explicó que la mano del bebé mostraba crecimientos inusuales; algunos de los dedos estaban fusionados al nacer.

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Acreciones, aluviones

The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.

Examples :

"The river's slow accretions gradually widened the farmland over many years. "

Las lentas acreciones del río ensancharon gradualmente las tierras de cultivo a lo largo de muchos años.

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noun

Acumulación, acrecentamiento

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.

Examples :

"After years of gentle flooding, the farmer noticed valuable accretions of fertile soil along the riverbank, expanding his usable farmland. "

Después de años de inundaciones suaves, el agricultor notó valiosas acumulaciones de suelo fértil a lo largo de la ribera, expandiendo sus tierras de cultivo utilizables.

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Acrecimiento

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.

Examples :

"Since one of the siblings refused their inheritance share of the family business, the other siblings experienced significant accretions to their individual portions of the estate. "

Dado que uno de los hermanos rechazó su parte de la herencia del negocio familiar, los otros hermanos experimentaron un acrecimiento significativo en sus porciones individuales de la herencia.

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