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Definition of Accreting
1. accrete [v] - See also: accrete
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accreting
Literary usage of Accreting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1883)
"Since each flood tends to deposit stones, etc., in graduated sizes upon the
accreting sides of stream-channels, it follows that if the flood-force of water ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1883)
"Since each flood tends to deposit stones, etc., in graduated sizes upon the
accreting sides of stream-channels, it follows that if the flood-force of water ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"the planets formed at falling temperatures with volatile substances accreting
last, the low abundance of lead, bismuth, indium, and thallium in lunar rocks ..."
4. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock, James Strong, Roul Tunley (1883)
"... which assumes that the soul at death retains a certain ethereal investiture,
and that this has, by virtue of the vital force, the power of accreting to ..."
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