anincreaseinnumberoramount:They’reconcernedabout the buildup ofcarbondioxidein theatmosphere.
buildupnoun[C](PRAISE)
praisethat isintendedtoincreasepopularity:Thecircusalways gets abigbuildup when it comes totown.(Definition ofbuildupfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbuildup
buildupThe divergence of the linear growth in the limit of (2.20) for t illustrates thebuildupin the intermediate asymptotic region.From theCambridge English CorpusA mechanism exists, however, for abuildupof the velocity gradient near the middle.From theCambridge English CorpusThebuildupof the former is toxic to the developing nervous system.From theCambridge English CorpusThe federal government also imposes an excise tax, partly to recover the tax-freebuildupaccumulated through investment returns on plan assets.From theCambridge English CorpusThe scenario comparisons demonstrate the importance of refuge areas to preventbuildupof resistance in pest populations.From theCambridge English CorpusIn downdip positions, ambient current velocities also were high, again demonstrated by the presence of cross-bedded grainstone within thrombolitic buildups.From theCambridge English CorpusInitially, the molecules stretch due to sufficiently high strain rates, which results in abuildupin the axial stress.From theCambridge English CorpusThis is due to the fact that thebuildupof susceptibles is rather gradual.From theCambridge English CorpusCurrently in the legislature there are numerous limitations that militate against thebuildupand exercise of individual lawmakers' special knowledge and expertise.From theCambridge English CorpusIn other words, for current flowing around a loop there is nobuildupof charge.From theCambridge English CorpusThe first is temporal since crowdbuildupoccurs over a brief period of time.From theCambridge English CorpusThe oscillationbuilduptime of the device, when driven by an electron beam with a rectangular leading edge, was about 15 oscillation periods.From theCambridge English CorpusBeing a selfoscillator with distributed internal feedback, the tube features fast oscillationbuildupand is well adapted to driving electron beam parameters.From theCambridge English CorpusIt emphasizes the consumers' role as buyers in the initial push toward thebuildupof the uniquely successf ul cigarette industry of the time.From theCambridge English CorpusThey disrupt thebuildupof a new socioeconomic order, impede the process of the rule of law, and jeopardize the routine lives of ordinary citizens.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/buildup##
