oligarchic accretion
oligarchic accretion noun: a regime of accretion of material in a protoplanetary disk where only the most massive objects can continue to grow.
Noun
oligarchic accretion (plural oligarchic accretions)
- A regime of accretion of material in a protoplanetary disk where only the most massive objects can continue to grow.
Forms of oligarchic accretion
| plural | oligarchic accretions |
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Origin of oligarchic accretion
By analogy to oligarchies, where a few people dominate the leadership of a state.
Words that rhyme with oligarchic accretion
- accretion
- completion
- venetian
- Grecian
- concretion
- deletion
- Lutetian
- Rhaetian
- excretion
- Phoenician
- secretion
- bicompletion
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Questions about oligarchic accretion
- What does oligarchic accretion mean?
- Oligarchic accretion means a regime of accretion of material in a protoplanetary disk where only the most massive objects can continue to grow.
- What part of speech is oligarchic accretion?
- Oligarchic accretion is a noun.
- What is the plural of oligarchic accretion?
- The plural of oligarchic accretion is oligarchic accretions.
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