Look up accretion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Accretion may refer to: Accretion (astrophysics), the formation of planets and other bodies by collection...

An accretion disk is a structure (often a circumstellar disk) formed by diffuse material in orbital motion around a massive central body. The central...

Accretion is defined as the gradual collection of something over time. In meteorology or atmospheric science it is the process of accumulation of frozen...

into an accretion disk. Most astronomical objects, such as galaxies, stars, and planets, are formed by accretion processes. The accretion model that...

term accretion refers to a positive change in value following a transaction; it is applied in several contexts. When trading in bonds, accretion is the...

In geology, accretion is a process by which material is added to a tectonic plate at a subduction zone, frequently on the edge of existing continental...

Accretion/dilution analysis is a type of M&A financial modelling performed in the pre-deal phase to evaluate the effect of the transaction on shareholder...

astrophysics, the Bondi accretion (also called Bondi–Hoyle–Lyttleton accretion), named after Hermann Bondi, is spherical accretion onto a compact object...

In accounting, an accretion expense is a periodic expense recognized when updating the present value of a balance sheet liability, which has arisen from...

In astronomy, Pulsed accretion is the periodic modulation in accretion rate of young stellar objects in binary systems, producing a periodic pulse in...

Pebble accretion is the accumulation of particles, ranging from centimeters up to meters in diameter, into planetesimals in a protoplanetary disk that...

2013, Accretive Health entered into a 20-year settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over its data security measures. In July 2012, Accretive Health...

system over the next 10–100 million years. The protoplanetary disk is an accretion disk that feeds the central star. Initially very hot, the disk later cools...

Accretion is the process of coastal sediment returning to the visible portion of a beach or foreshore after a submersion event. A sustainable beach or...

The ice accretion indicator is an L-shaped piece of aluminium 38 cm (15 in) long by 4 to 5 cm (1.6 to 2.0 in) wide. It is used to indicate the formation...

In cell biology, protein turnover refers to the replacement of older proteins as they are broken down within the cell. Different types of proteins have...

The Mahābhārata (/məˌhɑːˈbɑːrətə, ˌmɑːhə-/ mə-HAH-BAR-ə-tə, MAH-hə-; Sanskrit: महाभारतम्, IAST: Mahābhāratam, pronounced [mɐɦaːˈbʱaːrɐt̪ɐm]) is one of...

provide a better understanding of Earth's accretion and core formation history. Models of Earth's accretion could be better tested if we had better constraints...

light. Any matter that falls toward a black hole can form an external accretion disk heated by friction, forming quasars, some of the brightest objects...

protoplanetary disk may not be considered an accretion disk, while the two are similar. While they are similar, an accretion disk is hotter, and spins much faster...

200 AU and a hot, dense protostar at the center. The planets formed by accretion from this disc, in which dust and gas gravitationally attracted each other...

X-ray pulsars or accretion-powered pulsars are a class of astronomical objects that are X-ray sources displaying strict periodic variations in X-ray intensity...

of the central black hole, the rate of gas accretion onto the black hole, the orientation of the accretion disk, the degree of obscuration of the nucleus...

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, business organizations, or their operating units are transferred...

years (4.54 × 109 years ± 1%). This age may represent the age of Earth's accretion, or core formation, or of the material from which Earth formed. This dating...

In geology, a terrane (/təˈreɪn, ˈtɛreɪn/; in full, a tectonostratigraphic terrane) is a crust fragment formed on a tectonic plate (or broken off from...

hole at its center, corresponding to the radio source Sagittarius A*. Accretion of interstellar gas onto supermassive black holes is the process responsible...

The purchase – which Gray states will be immediately free cash flow accretive – would create a legal duopoly with primary ABC/subchannel-only CW Plus...

Eurasian and North American Plates, and Iceland was created by rifting and accretion through volcanism along the ridge. Many fjords punctuate Iceland's 4,970-km-long...

of Neanderthals following the Neanderthal/human split: two-phase and accretion. Two-phase argues that a single major environmental event—such as the...