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Word: erosion (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • uncountable Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.
  • uncountable The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion or contraction, or impact.
  • uncountable The result of having been being worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face
  • dentistry Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.
  • image processing One of two fundamental operations in morphological image processing from which all other morphological operations are derived.
  • medicine A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.

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