Accretion

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-000114",
  "term": "Accretion",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The growth of an aerosol particle or droplet by the external addition of material, a form of agglomeration. In cloud physics the term usually means a raindrop or ice particle sweeping up smaller cloud droplets as it falls, which is a different growth route from condensation of vapor onto the particle.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and the Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "aerosol"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1990, 62, 2167. 'Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)' on page 2169 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199062112167)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/accretion/"
}