Definition of EROSION. Meaning of EROSION. Synonyms of EROSION

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Definition of EROSION

Erosion
Erosion E*ro"sion, n. [L. erosio. See Erode.] 1. The act or operation of eroding or eating away. 2. The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.

Meaning of EROSION from wikipedia

- Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's...
- Bone erosion is the loss of bone from disease processes. Erosive arthritis is joint inflammation (arthritis) with bone destruction, and such conditions...
- water erosion, glacial erosion, snow erosion, wind (aeolian) erosion, zoogenic erosion and anthropogenic erosion such as tillage erosion. Soil erosion may...
- to: Erosion (dermatopathology) Erosion (morphology) Acid erosion or tooth erosion Aeolian erosion or wind erosion Bank erosion Fluvio-thermal erosion Bone...
- Acid erosion is a type of tooth wear. It is defined as the irreversible loss of tooth structure due to chemical dissolution by acids not of bacterial...
- Coastal erosion is the loss or displacement of land, or the long-term removal of sediment and rocks along the coastline due to the action of waves, currents...
- The Erosion of Sanity is the second full-length album by Canadian technical death metal band Gorguts. The album was released on January 19, 1993, through...
- cycle, or cycle of erosion, is an idealized model that explains the development of relief in landscapes. The model starts with the erosion that follows uplift...
- Erosion (usually represented by ⊖) is one of two fundamental operations (the other being dilation) in morphological image processing from which all other...
- Tectonic erosion or subduction erosion is the loss of crust from an overriding tectonic plate due to subduction. Two types of tectonic erosion exist: frontal...