accumulation
noun/əˌkjuːm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
Etymology From Middle English acumulacyon, from Middle French accumulation and its etymon, Latin accumulātiō, accumulātiōnis. By surface analysis, accumulate + -ion. First attested in the late 15th century. Doublet of accumulatio.
7 senses
- 1The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
- 2The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
- 3A mass of something piled up or collected.
- 4The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
- 5The continuous growth of capital by retention of…
- 6The action of investors buying an asset from other…
- 7The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously…
1
The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
2
The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
- an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, or of honors
- At the lowest point, a short length of tunnel was driven alongside the up line, with a cross passage, to serve as a sump and pump house for dealing with any accumulation of water.1958 August 23, T. S. Lascelles, “Diamond Jubilee of the Waterloo & City Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 520:
1 more example
- Accumulation of tiny, positional blunders adds up to a ruptured Kingside.1961 April, I. A. Horowitz, “Readers' Games”, in Chess Review:
3
A mass of something piled up or collected.
- After such an accumulation of mistakes in the treatment of lexical items, it comes as no surprise that the section on word formation on p. 133 is equally poor.1989 January 23, Werner Winter, “On a new claim concerning substratum influence upon Tocharian”, in Central Asiatic Journal, volume 33, number 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISSN, page 129:
4
Law The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
5
Accounting, Business, Finance The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
7
Education UK, Historical The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
- Synonyms
- retained earnings
- Antonyms
- decumulation
- Derived terms
- accumulational, accumulation point, antiaccumulation, bioaccumulation, coaccumulation, deaccumulation, geoaccumulation, hydroaccumulation, hyperaccumulation, lymphoaccumulation, misaccumulation, myeloaccumulation, nonaccumulation, overaccumulation, photoaccumulation, phytoaccumulation, preaccumulation, reaccumulation
- Related terms
- accumulate, accumulator