accretion

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In these environments, black holes experienced brief but intense growth spurts through a process known as 'super Eddington accretion'.

From Science Daily

Those states could also see ice accretions of around an inch caused by freezing rain, a dangerous phenomenon where supercooled rain droplets freeze instantly on surfaces.

From BBC

The way this material is gathered, known as accretion, and where it ultimately lands on the white dwarf depend largely on the strength of the white dwarf's magnetic field.

From Science Daily

But for SGH, “we find accretion and leverage outcomes relatively resilient to changes in bid prices owing to solid deal multiple arbitrage,” they say.

From The Wall Street Journal

But he built his oeuvre out of accretion, on the artworks of other artists, especially the Readymades of Marcel Duchamp.

From The Wall Street Journal