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accumulation
the taking of a first and an advanced university degree simultaneously
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accumulation
[ə·kyü·myə′lā·shən] (hydrology)
The quantity of snow or other solid form of water added to a glacier or snowfield by alimentation.
(mining engineering)
In coal mining, firedamp that collects in higher parts of mine workings and at the edge of wastes.
Oil or gas in some form of trap.
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