Meanings
nounoligarchic accretion (plural oligarchic accretions)
plural oligarchic accretions
- cosmogonyA regime of accretion of material in a protoplanetary disk where only the most massive objects can continue to grow.
Origin
By analogy to oligarchies, where a few people dominate the leadership of a state.
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Rhymes with oligarchic accretion
completiondeletionsecretionvenetianexcretionaccretionGrecianPhoenicianPeloponnesianundeletionconcretionbicompletionhyperdepletionLutetianRhaetian
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