ACCRETE Definition & Meaning

accrete

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

accreted, accreting.

to grow together; adhere (usually followed by to ).

verb (used with object)

accreted, accreting.

to add, as by growth.

adjective

Botany. grown together.

accrete

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verb

to grow or cause to grow together; be or become fused
to make or become bigger, as by addition

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of accrete¹

First recorded in 1775–85; back formation from accretion

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Origin of accrete¹

C18: back formation from accretion

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Once it’s there, minerals begin to accrete around this core.

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Through the telescope, researchers were able to see signals from large amounts of gas that accumulate and accrete onto a mini-galaxy in the process of being built.

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In astronomy, this is known as "retrograde motion" and is a tipoff that an object was once "accreted," or drawn in from elsewhere.

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In the long run, such "accreted stars" will also account for some of the stellar population of the newly-formed combined galaxy.

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Merger signatures are equally common in galaxies with and without accreting supermassive black holes.

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