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accrete Definition

ac·crete (ə krēt)

intransitive verb -·creted, -·cret·ing

  1. to grow by being added to
  2. to grow together; adhere

Etymology: < L accretus, pp. of accrescere: see accretion

transitive verb

to cause to adhere or unite (to)

adjective

Bot. grown together

accrete Usage Examples

Object

  • matter: Planets By: Mar A planet is generally considered to be a relatively large mass of accreted matter in orbit around a star.
  • material: We don't know whether the disk is formed of accreted material or excreted material.
  • system: In eroding systems the new dunes protect the existing foredunes, and in accreting systems the new dunes reduce sand supplies to the foredunes.
  • gas: It is also assumed to be able to accrete gas without expansion on the scale of its Roche radius.
  • hole: Using X-rays, accreting black holes in their nuclei can be identified which would be very difficult to find in any other way.
  • binary: This mode is useful for monitoring rapidly variable sources, for example AGN or accreting binaries.

Preposition: from

  • envelope: The first core accretes from the envelope through this shock.

Modifies a noun

  • gas: Sink particles are point masses that accrete bound gas that comes within a specified radius of them.
  • matter: A galaxy is expected to overall accrete matter, in its lifetime.

Modifying Another Word

  • still: Many are surrounded by disks from which they still accrete mass.
  • gradually: This goes back longer than anyone can remember, accreting gradually, with flare-ups following latent periods.
  • slowly: In the absence of rotation, the core slowly accretes gas that falls on to it from the envelope which is still collapsing isothermally.
  • actively: The absence of jets indicates that the star is not actively accreting material from this disk.
  • also: During this period the Pamir and West Nuristan blocks of northeast Afghanistan were also accreted onto Eurasia.
  • vertically: Transverse profiles have also been more or less constant, suggesting that they have accreted vertically whilst retreat has been ongoing.

Preposition: onto

  • dwarf: The material that accretes onto the white dwarf 's surface is mainly hydrogen which forms an envelope around the star.