accrete
accrete
Definition
ac·crete (ə krēt′)
intransitive verb -·cret′ed, -·cret′·ing
- to grow by being added to
- 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.
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