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.