accumulation
Definitions of accumulation
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several things grouped together or considered as a wholesynonyms: amoncellementtypes:cortège, défiléthe group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formationcordea collection of objects threaded on a single strandgarde-robecollection of clothing belonging to one personcollection d'objets d'arta collection of art worksaccumulateura collection of related things intended for use togetherbloca number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unitpaqueta complete collection of similar thingsjeuthe cards held in a card game by a given player at any given timedéfensethe defendant and his legal advisors collectivelyvoie lactée(astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dustassortimenta collection containing a variety of sorts of thingsexpositiona collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public displaycirculation, traficthe aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of timefloreall the plant life in a particular region or periodloithe collection of rules imposed by authoritydonnéea collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawnperleseveral beads threaded together on a stringescadrille, flotiile, flottea United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warshipscatégorie grammaticale(grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical propertiesjeu de cartesa pack of 52 playing cardstignassea bushy thick mass (especially hair)gerbea pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a fieldquadrupléa set of four similar things considered as a unitpartantsall of the horses in a particular horse racepartants(computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of informationtranchea category falling within certain defined limitsensemblea matching set of furniturevingtainea set of twenty membersarmadaa large fleetcirculation en navette, migrations alternantestraffic created by people going to or returning from workcirculationthe aggregation of vehicles coming and going in a particular localitycaravanea procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single filecavalcadea procession of people traveling on horsebackmarchea procession of people walking togetherpeuplementa growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular areadroit administratifthe body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of governmentloi martialethe body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil lawdroit commercialthe body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudencedonnées non-analyséesunanalyzed data; data not yet subjected to analysistype of:
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a jumbled collection or masssynonyms: amoncellement, entassementtypes:touffea bunch of hair or feathers or growing grasstype of:amoncellementseveral things grouped together or considered as a whole
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(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporationtypes:réservesomething kept back or saved for future use or a special purposeréserve de grainea supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for plantingfonds de réservefunds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments
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an increase by natural growth or additionsynonyms: amoncellementtype of:augmentationa process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
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the act of building up an accumulationsynonyms: augmentationtypes:type of:amoncellementthe act of accumulating
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the act of accumulatingsynonyms: amoncellementtypes:augmentationthe act of building up an accumulationtype of:augmentationthe act of increasing something
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