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accremental

/ˌækrɪˈmɛn.tl̩/

accremental adjective: related to growth or increase by successive additions, particularly in size or volume, often through the gradual deposition of material. This term is used to describe processes or structures that grow by accretion, such as the formation of shells, tree rings, or the buildup of biological tissues.

Adjective

accremental (comparative more accremental, superlative most accremental)

  1. Related to growth or increase by successive additions, particularly in size or volume, often through the gradual deposition of material. This term is used to describe processes or structures that grow by accretion, such as the formation of shells, tree rings, or the buildup of biological tissues.
    • There are moderately developed accremental striæ, which become ruder and rounder on the free tube.1904 December [1904 August 2], Jos. C Verco, M.D., “Notes on South Australian Marine Mollusca, with Descriptions of New Species, Part I.”, in Walter Howchin, editor, TRANSACTIONS of the ROYAL SOCIETY...
    • The factor mainly responsible for the crisis (an interruption in the gradual, accremental change when the extant institutions absorb new conditions, modifying in the process in a fashion not suddent enough to be perceived as revolutionary) in Western Europe which was to lead eventually to the...1982, Zygmunt Bauman, Memories of Class (Routledge Revivals): The Pre-history and After-life of Class (International library of sociology), Routledge, page 4

Forms of accremental

comparativemore accremental
superlativemost accremental

Origin of accremental

From Latin accrēmentum (to increase or grow) + -al

Questions about accremental

What does accremental mean?
Accremental means related to growth or increase by successive additions, particularly in size or volume, often through the gradual deposition of material. This term is used to describe processes or structures that grow by accretion, such as the formation of shells, tree rings, or the buildup of biological tissues.
What part of speech is accremental?
Accremental is an adjective.
How do you pronounce accremental?
Accremental is pronounced /ˌækrɪˈmɛn.tl̩/.

Words near accremental in the dictionary

  1. accreditments
  2. accreditor
  3. accreditors
  4. accredits
  5. accredits with
  6. accremental
  7. accrementitial
  8. accrementition
  9. accrementitions
  10. accresce
  11. accresced

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