concretion
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noun
The process of aggregating or coalescing into a mass.
A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence.
A rounded mass of a mineral, sometimes found in sedimentary rock or on the ocean floor.
Of the three beds, the central one is the most compact, and more like ordinary sandstone: it includes numerous flattened spherical concretions.
The action of making something concrete or the result of such an action.
"My new statue!" said Kenyon. . . . "It is the concretion of a good deal of thought, emotion, and toil of brain and hand."
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noun — the union of diverse things into one body or form or group
- coalescence
- coalescency
- coalition
- conglutination
noun — an increase in the density of something
- compaction
- compression
- densification
noun — a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts
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2Of the three beds, the central one is the most compact, and more like ordinary sandstone: it includes numerous flattened spherical concretions.
Wiktionary"My new statue!" said Kenyon. . . . "It is the concretion of a good deal of thought, emotion, and toil of brain and hand."
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