Dacumulació

Dacumulació, also written d'acumulació, is a Catalan term that designates the process by which quantities increase over time due to inputs, deposits, or growth. It describes the buildup of material, wealth, information, or effects within a system.

The concept is used across disciplines to indicate how something accumulates. In economics, it refers to capital accumulation and wealth concentration; in environmental science, to the accumulation of pollutants or nutrients; in geology, to sediment or mineral deposition; and in biology, to processes such as bioaccumulation. In information systems, accumulation can describe growing datasets or the gradual buildup of errors or biases.

Etymology and usage: the term derives from the verb acumular, itself from Latin accumulare. In Catalan orthography, the apostrophe d’ prefixes the word when followed by a vowel, giving d’acumulació; the form shown as dacumulació appears in some texts without the apostrophe.

Related concepts include accumulation in general, deposition, aggregation, and, in specific contexts, bioaccumulation and capital formation. Dacumulació emphasizes the gradual, time-dependent increase of a quantity, with implications for resource management, policy design, and system stability.