erosion

e·ro·sion  (-rzhn)

n.

1. The process of eroding or the condition of being eroded: erosion of the beach; progressive erosion of confidence in our legal system; erosion of the value of the dollar abroad.

2. The group of natural processes, including weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, and transportation, by which material is worn away from the earth's surface.

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[Latin rsi, rsin-, an eating away, from rsus, eaten away; see erose.]

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e·rosion·al adj.

e·rosion·al·ly adv.

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erosion

Noun

1. the wearing away of rocks or soil by the action of water, ice, or wind

2. a gradual lessening or reduction: an erosion of national sovereignty

erosive
erosional adj

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erosion  (-rzhn)

The gradual wearing away of land surface materials, especially rocks, sediments, and soils, by the action of water, wind, or a glacier. Usually erosion also involves the transport of eroded material from one place to another, as from the top of a mountain to an adjacent valley, or from the upstream portion of a river to the downstream portion.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	erosion - (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) eating away, eroding, wearing, wearing away geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks chatter mark - marks on a glaciated rock caused by the movement of a glacier ablation - the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers attrition, corrasion, detrition, abrasion - erosion by friction beach erosion - the erosion of beaches geologic process, geological process - (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified deflation - (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of the desert landscape" planation - the process of erosion whereby a level surface is produced soil erosion - the washing away of soil by the flow of water
	2.	erosion - condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind environmental condition - the state of the environment
	3.	erosion - a gradual decline of something; "after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors" decline, diminution - change toward something smaller or lower
	4.	erosion - erosion by chemical action corroding, corrosion chemical action, chemical change, chemical process - (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved pitting, indentation, roughness - the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion rusting, rust - the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water

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erosion

noun 1. disintegration, deterioration, corrosion, corrasion, wearing down or away, grinding down

2. deterioration, wearing, undermining, destruction, consumption, weakening, spoiling, attrition, eating away, abrasion, grinding down, wearing down or away

Translations

erosion [ɪˈrəuʒən] n → erosión f; desgaste m

erosion [ɪˈrəuʒən] n → érosion f

erosion [ɪˈrəuʒən] erode n (see vb) → Erosion f, Auswaschen nt; Zerfressen nt; Untergraben nt

erosion [ɪˈrəuʒən] n → erosione f