Ac-cū'mu-lā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. accumulatio, Fr. accumulation.]

1. The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth or of evils.
2. (Law.) The concurrence of several titles to the same thing, or of several circumstances to the same proof. Encyc. Brit.
3. (Mech.) The increased amount of power in a machine at the end of an interval during which it has been moving with accelerated velocity.

An accumulation of degrees (Eng. Univ.), the taking of several together, or at smaller intervals than usual, or than is allowed by the rules.