Accumulation may refer to: Finance. Accumulation function, a mathematical function defined in terms of the ratio future value to present value. Capital accumulation, the gathering of objects of value. Science and engineering. Accumulate (higher-order function), a family of functions to analyze a recursive data structure in computer science. Bioaccumulation, of substances, such as pesticides or other chemicals in an organism. Glacier ice accumulation, an element in the glacier mass balance formula. Metabolic trapping, a localization mechanism of the synthesized radiocompounds in human body.
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