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Plural
concretions
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the process or result of uniting diverse elements into a single body, form, or group
- The team's success was a concretion of individual talents.
- Concretion of ideas produced a coherent theory.
- The movement gained strength through social concretion.
- Language evolves through the concretion of dialects.
- Cultural traditions often emerge from concretion of practices.
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an increase in the density or compactness of a substance
- Mineral deposits formed through gradual concretion.
- Sedimentary layers show signs of concretion over time.
- Concretion of the soil improved its load-bearing capacity.
- The clay's concretion made it easier to shape into bricks.
- Concretion occurs when particles are compressed naturally.
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a hard lump or mass formed in sedimentary rock by natural cementing processes
- Geologists study concretions to understand sedimentary rock formations.
- Concretions often form around fossils, preserving them in sedimentary layers.
- The size and shape of concretions provide clues about ancient environments.
- Geologists use concretions as markers to correlate rock layers in different areas.
- Geologists collect concretions for analysis to learn about past depositional conditions.
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the formation of stonelike masses within a body organ, typically due to deposition of minerals
- Kidney stones are a common example of concretion.
- The patient developed a gallbladder concretion.
- Radiology detected a concretion in the lung.
- Concretion in the urinary tract can cause severe pain.
- The surgeon removed a bladder concretion.