oligarchic accretion

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English

Etymology

By analogy to oligarchies, where a few people dominate the leadership of a state.

Pronunciation

Noun

oligarchic accretion (plural oligarchic accretions)

  1. (cosmogony) A regime of accretion of material in a protoplanetary disk where only the most massive objects can continue to grow.