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how planets, wealth, and reputations all get made: one boring particle at a time.
means gradual growth by the slow addition of layers or matter, rather than one dramatic leap.
from from latin accrescere, to increase, from ad- toward and crescere to grow — the same root that gives us crescendo and increase.
astronomyearth built itself from colliding space dust over millions of years
legal termmeans a beneficiary's share grows when a co-heir dies
geologydescribes how continents literally weld new land onto their edges
financebond accretion is interest quietly compounding before it is paid out