Usually means: Growth or increase by accumulation.
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  1. accretional: Merriam-Webster
  2. accretional: Wiktionary
  3. accretional: Merriam-Webster

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▸ adjective:  Of, pertaining to, or formed by accretion

Similar:
accretionary, accretal, accrementitial, aggradational, acquisitional, accumulational, agglomeratic, accentual, acroterial, accessorial, more...

Opposite:
decremental, diminishing, decreasing, reducing

Types:
alluvial, deltaic, glacial, lacustrine, marine, reefal, fluvial, more...

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Similar:
accretionary, accretal, accrementitial, aggradational, acquisitional, accumulational, agglomeratic, accentual, acroterial, accessorial, more...

Opposite:
decremental, diminishing, decreasing, reducing

Types:
alluvial, deltaic, glacial, lacustrine, marine, reefal, fluvial, more...



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