akresi

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch accretie,[1] from Latin accrētiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ˈkre.si/
  • Rhymes: -si, -i
  • Hyphenation: a‧kre‧si

Noun

akresi (plural akresi-akresi)

  1. accretion:
    1. (biology) a growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes
    2. (geology, hydrology) the gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment
    3. (astrophysics) the formation of planets and other bodies by collection of material through gravity

References

  1. ^ Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎[1], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC

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