oligarchic accretion

noun

Etymology

By analogy to oligarchies, where a few people dominate the leadership of a state.

Definitions

  1. A regime of accretion of material in a protoplanetary disk where only the most massive…

    A regime of accretion of material in a protoplanetary disk where only the most massive objects can continue to grow.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for oligarchic accretion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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