Present participle of accrete; in the process of growing or accumulating gradually through addition.
From accrete plus -ing. The -ing suffix creates the progressive aspect and gerund forms.
Astronomers study 'accreting black holes' that slowly consume material—the dramatic jets they produce power some of the most energetic phenomena in the universe, all from simple accretion.
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