concretion
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concretion
Rhymes with -iːʃən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French concrétion, or Latin concretio.
noun concretions
- The process of aggregating or coalescing into a mass.
- A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence.
- A rounded mass of a mineral, sometimes found in sedimentary rock or on the ocean floor. Of the three beds, the central one is the most compact, and more like ordinary sandstone: it includes numerous flattened spherical concretions.
- The action of making something concrete or the result of such an action. "My new statue!" said Kenyon. . . . "It is the concretion of a good deal of thought, emotion, and toil of brain and hand."
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noun process of aggregating or coalescing into a mass
| Español | concreción |
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| Ελληνικά | συγκερασμός sygkerasmós |
| Русский | сгуще́ние sguščénije |
noun solid, hard mass thus formed
| Deutsch | Konkretion |
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noun petrology: rounded mass of a mineral
| Italiano | concrezione |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | λίθος líthos |
| Русский | конкреция konkrecija |
noun action of making something concrete or the result of such an action
| Ελληνικά | σύμπηξη sýmpixi |
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