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...
- to: Erosion (dermatopathology) Erosion (morphology) Acid erosion or tooth erosion Aeolian erosion or wind erosion Bank erosion Fluvio-thermal erosion Bone...
- water erosion, glacial erosion, snow erosion, wind (aeolian) erosion, zoogenic erosion and anthropogenic erosion such as tillage erosion. Soil erosion may...
- 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...
- Gastric erosion occurs when the mucous membrane lining the stomach becomes inflamed. Specifically, the term "erosion" in this context means damage that...
- Erosion (usually represented by ⊖) is one of two fundamental operations (the other being dilation) in morphological image processing from which all other...
- Soil Erosion Service (SES) was founded in 1933 and was one of many Alphabet agencies, also called New Deal agencies. Soil Erosion Service was an U.S. federal...
- Erosion control is the practice of preventing or controlling wind or water erosion in agriculture, land development, coastal areas, river banks and construction...
- 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...
- 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...