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ac·cu·mu·la·tion  audio  (-kymy-lshn) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. The act of gathering or amassing, as into a heap or pile: "Little things grew by continual accumulation" (Samuel Johnson).
  2. The process of growing into a large amount or heap: the steady accumulation of knowledge.
  3. An amount that has accumulated or been accumulated: an accumulation of debt; an accumulation of rubbish.



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