concretion
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See also: concrétion
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French concrétion, or Latin concretio.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -iːʃən
Noun[edit]
concretion (countable and uncountable, plural concretions)
- The process of aggregating or coalescing into a mass.
- A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence.
- (petrology) A rounded mass of a mineral, sometimes found in sedimentary rock or on the ocean floor.
- 1844, Charles Darwin, chapter 5, in Geological Observations on South America:
- 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.
- 1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 14, in The Marble Faun:
- "My new statue!" said Kenyon. . . . "It is the concretion of a good deal of thought, emotion, and toil of brain and hand."
Usage notes[edit]
- Concretion and concretization are rough synonyms but are usually not used interchangeably. Concretion is more commonly used to refer to a physical object or to the physical process which creates it. Concretization is more commonly used to refer to a particular embodiment of a general concept or to the process which creates it.
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Translations[edit]
process of aggregating or coalescing into a mass
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solid, hard mass thus formed
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petrology: rounded mass of a mineral
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action of making something concrete or the result of such an action
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References[edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
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