Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oligarchic accretion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables: oli-garchic ac-cre-tion
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

oligarchic accretions (plural)

Rhymes With

undeletion bicompletion hyperdepletion

Questions

What does oligarchic accretion mean?: A regime of accretion of material in a protoplanetary disk where only the most massive objects can continue to grow.
Where does oligarchic accretion come from?: By analogy to oligarchies, where a few people dominate the leadership of a state.

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