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PRONUNCIATION OF INCRETIONARY

incretionary  [ɪnˈkriːʃənərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCRETIONARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incretionary is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INCRETIONARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of incretionary in the English dictionary

The definition of incretionary in the dictionary is relating to incretion.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCRETIONARY


ablutionary
əˈbluːʃənərɪ
cautionary
ˈkɔːʃənərɪ
coevolutionary
ˌkəʊiːvəˈluːʃənərɪ
concretionary
kənˈkriːʃənərɪ
convolutionary
ˌkɒnvəˈluːʃənərɪ
counter-revolutionary
ˌkaʊntəˌrɛvəˈluːʃənərɪ
diversionary
daɪˈvɜːʃənərɪ
elocutionary
ˌeləˈkjuːʃənərɪ
evolutionary
ˌiːvəˈluːʃənərɪ
extortionary
ɪkˈstɔːʃənərɪ
illocutionary
ˌɪləˈkjuːʃənərɪ
institutionary
ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənərɪ
locutionary
ləˈkjuːʃənərɪ
macroevolutionary
ˌmækrəʊˌiːvəˈluːʃənərɪ
perlocutionary
ˌpɜːləˈkjuːʃənərɪ
precautionary
prɪˈkɔːʃənərɪ
reversionary
rɪˈvɜːʃənərɪ
revolutionary
ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənərɪ
secretionary
sɪˈkriːʃənərɪ
substitutionary
ˌsʌbstɪˈtjuːʃənərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCRETIONARY

incredible
incredibleness
incredibly
incredulity
incredulous
incredulously
incredulousness
incremate
incremation
increment
incremental
incremental plotter
incremental recorder
incremental value
incrementalism
incrementalist
incrementally
increscent
incretion
incretory

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCRETIONARY

accretionary
cardiopulmonary
confectionary
coronary
data dictionary
dictionary
discretionary
exclusionary
expansionary
expeditionary
inflationary
missionary
nonstationary
ordinary
post-Revolutionary
probationary
pulmonary
reactionary
revisionary
stationary
visionary

Synonyms and antonyms of incretionary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «incretionary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCRETIONARY

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Translator English - Chinese

incretionary
1,325 millions of speakers

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incretionary
570 millions of speakers

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incretionary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

incretionary
380 millions of speakers
ar

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incretionary
280 millions of speakers

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incretionary
278 millions of speakers

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incretionary
270 millions of speakers

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incretionary
260 millions of speakers

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incretionary
220 millions of speakers

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Incretionary
190 millions of speakers

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incretionary
180 millions of speakers

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incretionary
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

incretionary
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Incretionary
85 millions of speakers
vi

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incretionary
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

incretionary
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाढीव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

incretionary
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incretionary
65 millions of speakers

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incretionary
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

incretionary
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

incretionary
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

incretionary
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

incretionary
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

incretionary
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

incretionary
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incretionary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCRETIONARY»

The term «incretionary» is used very little and occupies the 173.665 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incretionary

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCRETIONARY»

Discover the use of incretionary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incretionary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
It is difficult to determine whether their growth was concretionary or incretionary, i.e., whether the spherulitic structure commenced from the centre and spread outwards, or whether it commenced from the sides of steam-holes and extended  ...
Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1888
2
The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales Vol.II
It is difficult to determine whether their growth was concretionary or incretionary, i.e., whether the spherulitic structure commenced from the centre and spread outwards, or whether it commenced from the sides of steam-holes and extended  ...
‎1888
3
Cave Hunting: Researches on the Evidence of Caves Respecting ...
... mineral contents ; and these have been deposited on the sides of the cavity by the same " incretionary1 " 1 1 Lave used the term incretionary as implying an accumulation of mineral matter from the circumference of a cavity towards its centre, ...
William Boyd Dawkins, 1874
4
Geology
Nodules of this class may be called Secretionary or Incretionary : they have been formed by the deposition of mineral matter from percolating water in hollow spaces in rocks : the first coat was laid down on the walls of the cavity, upon the inner ...
Alexander Henry Green, 1898
5
Museum publication
VIM Structure of Rocks. Original and Secondary Structures.; Mechanical Deformation; Rill and Current Markings; Sun- Cracks, &c. IX Concretionary and Incretionary Structures; Stalactite, Stalagmite, and Vein Formation. Destruction of Rocks.
Manchester Museum (University of Manchester), 1912
6
Geology for students and general readers
... 260 ; Volcanic and Trappean subdivisions of, 256 Iguanodon, 192 Imperfect bedding, 128 Inclination of strata, 342 ; produced by folding, 377 Included blocks, in granite, 321 ; in lava, 247 Incretionary nodules, 177 Inland sea deposit*, 198; ...
Alexander Henry Green, 1877
7
Handbook of Technical Terms Used in Architecture and ...
In heraldry, denoting the moon represented with the horns towards the dexter side. Incretionary. Denoting an accumulation of mineral matter from the circumference of a cavity towards its centre. Incrustation. Material, such as scagliola, mosaic, ...
Augustine C. Passmore, 1904
8
Transactions of the Manchester Geological Society
They are the result of an action for which I have adopted the term incretionary, because their formation is from the outside to the inside, rather than concretionary, where there is the opposite course of formation. In an ordinary ironstone ...
‎1886
9
The Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science
There is no organism enclosed, as in concretions On this account it has been proposed to call agates secretionary or incretionary nodules. Concretions of various kinds are formed in all classes of sedimentary strata from the alluvial sands and ...
‎1896
10
The Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science: the Journal ...
There is no organism enclosed, as in concretions On this account it has been proposed to call agates secretionary or incretionary nodules. Concretions of various kinds are formed in all classes of sedimentary strata from the alluvial sands and ...
‎1896

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