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Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch accretie, from Latin accrētiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ˈkre.si/
- Rhymes: -si, -i
- Hyphenation: a‧kre‧si
Noun
akresi (plural akresi-akresi, first-person possessive akresiku, second-person possessive akresimu, third-person possessive akresinya)
- accretion:
- (biology) a growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
- (geology, hydrology) the gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
- (astrophysics) the formation of planets and other bodies by collection of material through gravity.
References
- ^ Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC
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