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noun
1.
act or state of accumulating; state of being accumulated.
2.
3.
growth by continuous additions, as of interest to principal.
Related forms
non·ac·cu·mu·la·tion, noun
o·ver·ac·cu·mu·la·tion, noun
pre·ac·cu·mu·la·tion, noun
re·ac·cu·mu·la·tion, noun
su·per·ac·cu·mu·la·tion, noun
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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accumulation
late 15c., from L. accumulationem (nom. accumulatio) "a heaping up," from accumulare "to heap up in a mass," from ad- "in addition" + cumulare "heap up," from cumulus "heap" (see cumulus).
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