Concretion
21concretion — The formation of solid material by aggregation of discrete units or particles. [L. cum, together, + crescere, to grow] * * * con·cre·tion kän krē shən, kən n a hard usu. inorganic mass (as a bezoar or tophus) formed in a living body * * * n. a… …
22concretion — The localized deposition of mineral matter going out of solution in sediments or tuffs, usually nodular or irregular in shape [16] …
23concretion — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. crystallization, fusion, consolidation; see coagulation , concentration 1 , solidification 1 …
24concretion — con cre·tion || iËʃn n. state of being concrete; act of concreting; hard inorganic mass formed in the body …
25concretion — In the work of Surrealist Jean (or Hans) Arp (French, 1887 1966), sculptural form characterized by twisting and growing effects. Also see amorphous and organic …
26concretion — noun a hard solid mass formed by accumulation of matter. Derivatives concretionary adjective Origin C16: from L. concretio(n ), from concrescere grow together …
27concretion — n. 1. Solidification. 2. Concreted mass, calculus. 3. Concrete, mixture, admixture, firm combination, compound, complex …
28concretion — n in a geological sense, a mass of mineral matter found in rock of a composition different from its own and produced by deposition from aqueous solution in the rock …
29concretion — n 1. solidification, hardening, densi fication, induration, Physiol. calcification, firming, setting; petrification, Archaic. lapidification; conglomeration, agglomeration, coherence, cohering, cohesion; conglutination, agglutination, sticking… …
30concretion — con·cre·tion …
