accumulation
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
accumulate /əˈkjuːmjʊleɪt/
▶verb gather together a number or quantity of.
■ gradually increase; build up.
– derivatives
accumulation noun,
accumulative adjective.
accumulation noun,
accumulative adjective.
– origin C15: from L. accumulat-, accumulare ‘heap up’, from ad- ‘to’ + cumulus ‘a heap’.
'accumulation' also found in these Oxford entries:
abscess
- accrete
- accumulate
- arms race
- ascites
- backlog
- bloat
- build-up
- concretion
- discounted cash flow
- electricity
- flatulent
- frazil
- glacier
- hydro-
- hydrocele
- hypostasis
- mercantilism
- monoamine oxidase inhibitor
- pile-up
- prograde
- steatopygia
- swell
- swelling
- tamponade
- thrush
- totting-up
