单词 | accretive |
释义 | accretive, a.|əˈkriːtɪv| [f. L. accrēt-, ppl. stem of accrēscĕre (see accresce) + -ive, as if ad. L. *accrētīvus.] Belonging to accretion or continuous growth.
1665Glanville Scepsis Sci. ix. 81 We can no more discern their accretive motion, than we can their most hidden cause. Ibid. xi. 60 We have no sense of the accretive motion of Plants or Animals. 1852Tait's Mag. XVI. 667 The constitution of the mind is not accretive, but fixed and unalterable. 1889E. Carpenter Civilisation 137 If we take the external view of Variation..modification or race-growth appears as an unconscious or accretive process. 1912O. Elton Surv. Eng. Lit. I. 249 He likes a complex rather than a merely coordinate or accretive structure. |

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