'accretive' definitions:
Definition of 'accretive'
From: WordNet
adjective
Growing by accretion
Definition of 'accretive'
From: GCIDE
- increasing \increasing\ adj.
- 1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices. [Narrower terms: {accretionary ; {augmenting, augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ; {growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ; {multiplicative ; {profit-maximizing ; {raising ; {accretive ; {rising ] decreasing [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. same as growing, 1. [prenominal]
- Syn: growing(prenominal), incremental. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. (Music) increasing in some musical quality. Opposite of decreasing. [Narrower terms: {accelerando ; {crescendo ] [WordNet 1.5]