Associations to the word «Accretionary»

Wiktionary

ACCRETIONARY, adjective. Of, pertaining to, or in the form of an accretion
ACCRETIONARY WEDGE, noun. (geology) The accumulation of surface sediment formed between a subducting oceanic crustal plate and a continental tectonic plate, as it is scraped from off the top of the oceanic crustal plate.

Dictionary definition

ACCRETIONARY, adjective. Marked or produced by accretion.

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