Accumulation may refer to:
Finance
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Accumulation function
The accumulation function ''a''(''t'') is a function defined in terms of time ''t'' expressing the ratio of the value at time ''t'' (future value) and the initial investment (present value). It is used in interest theory.
Thus ''a''(0)=1 and th ...
, a mathematical function defined in terms of the ratio future value to present value
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Capital accumulation
Capital accumulation is the dynamic that motivates the pursuit of profit, involving the investment of money or any financial asset with the goal of increasing the initial monetary value of said asset as a financial return whether in the form o ...
, the gathering of objects of value
Science and engineering
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Accumulate (higher-order function) In functional programming, fold (also termed reduce, accumulate, aggregate, compress, or inject) refers to a family of higher-order functions that analyze a recursive data structure and through use of a given combining operation, recombine the res ...
, a family of functions to analyze a recursive data structure in computer science
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Bioaccumulation
Bioaccumulation is the gradual accumulation of substances, such as pesticides or other chemicals, in an organism. Bioaccumulation occurs when an organism absorbs a substance at a rate faster than that at which the substance is lost or eliminated ...
, of substances, such as pesticides or other chemicals in an organism
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Glacier ice accumulation
Glacier ice accumulation occurs through accumulation of snow and other frozen precipitation, as well as through other means including rime ice (freezing of water vapor on the glacier surface), avalanching from hanging glaciers on cliffs and mount ...
, an element in the glacier mass balance formula
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Metabolic trapping
Metabolic trapping refers to a localization mechanism of synthesized radiocompounds in the human body. It can be defined as the intracellular accumulation of a radioactive tracer based on the relative metabolic activity of the body's tissues. It ...
, a localization mechanism of the synthesized radiocompounds in human body
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Tree accumulation In computer science, tree accumulation is the process of accumulating data placed in tree
nodes according to their tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In som ...
, in computer science, the process of accumulating data placed in tree nodes according to their tree structure
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Accumulation point, another name for a limit point
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Cumulative sum, for example
cumulative distribution function
In probability theory and statistics, the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of a real-valued random variable X, or just distribution function of X, evaluated at x, is the probability that X will take a value less than or equal to x.
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, or cumulative death toll, summarized since start of a catastrophe
Other
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Accumulation: None'', a 2002 lo-fi album
See also
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Accumulator (disambiguation)
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