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accretional

accretional adjective: of, pertaining to, or formed by accretion.

Adjective

accretional (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or formed by accretion

Origin of accretional

From accretion + -al.

Words formed from accretional

Questions about accretional

What does accretional mean?
Accretional means of, pertaining to, or formed by accretion.
What part of speech is accretional?
Accretional is an adjective.

Words near accretional in the dictionary

  1. accretion disks
  2. accretion shock
  3. accretion shocks
  4. accretion-powered pulsar
  5. accretion-powered pulsars
  6. accretional
  7. accretionally
  8. accretionarily
  9. accretionary
  10. accretionary prism
  11. accretionary prisms

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