English Explanatory Dictionary

oligarchic accretion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

oligarchic accretion oligarchic accretions

Etymology

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

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