oligarchic accretion

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Rhymes: -iːʃən

Noun[edit]

oligarchic accretion (plural oligarchic accretions)

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

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