different between accumulate vs bioaccumulative

English

Etymology

• First attested in the 1520's.
• Borrowed from Latin accumul?tus, perfect passive participle of accumul? (“amass, pile up”), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumul? (“heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??kju?mj??le?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?.?kjum.j?.?le?t/
• Hyphenation: ac?cu?mu?late

Verb

accumulate (third-person singular simple present accumulates, present participle accumulating, simple past and past participle accumulated)

1. (transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively)

   Synonyms: amass, heap, hoard, store; see also Thesaurus:pile up

2. (intransitive) To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.

   Synonyms: aggregate, amound, collect, gather; see also Thesaurus:accumulate
3. (education, dated) To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual.

Translations

Adjective

accumulate (not comparable)

1. (poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated.

Related terms

• accumulation
• accumulator
• cumulus

Further reading

• accumulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• accumulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Verb

accumulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of accumulare
2. second-person plural imperative of accumulare
3. feminine plural of accumulato

Latin

Etymology

From accumul? (“amass, pile up”)

Adverb

accumul?t? (comparative accumul?tius, superlative accumul?tissim?)

1. abundantly, copiously

Synonyms

• abundanter

Related terms

• accumulator
• accumul?

References

• accumulate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• accumulate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• accumulate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• accumulate in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

English

Alternative forms

• bio-accumulative

Etymology

bio- +? accumulative

Adjective

bioaccumulative (comparative more bioaccumulative, superlative most bioaccumulative)

1. (of a substance) That tends to accumulate in an organism when the organism's ability to remove it is insufficient.
   • 2007, Elizabeth Grossman, High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health, Island Press (?ISBN), page 284:

     Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) received a flurry of attention around 2000, when studies of its effects on animal and human health showed that it was bioaccumulative (meaning that it accumulates in body tissue, especially in fat where it can linger for years), persistent, and toxic to mammals.

Related terms

• bioaccumulation

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