concretion

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The process of aggregating or coalescing into a mass.

2. 2

   A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence.

3. 3

   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.
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   1. 4

      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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