Synonyms for erosion
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-roh-zhuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈroʊ ʒən |
Top 10 synonyms for erosion
Définition of erosion
Origin :- 1540s, from Middle French erosion (16c.), from Latin erosionem (nominative erosio) "a gnawing away," noun of action from past participle stem of erodere "gnaw away," from ex- "away" (see ex-) + rodere "gnaw" (see rodent).
- noun deterioration; wearing away
- Then, to stop this "erosion," the obturating (sealing) primer came into use.
- Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
- At the present rate of erosion it takes 2,640 years to eat away a mile.
- Extract from : « Evening Round Up » by William Crosbie Hunter
- There is also decivilization by erosion, and while it's going on, nobody notices it.
- Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper
- From top to bottom we have the unmistakable marks of erosion.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
- They vary with the climatic conditions which obtain on the erosion surface.
- Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith
- This cycle of events is called the erosion cycle or topographic cycle.
- Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith
- Here they have been developed on a plateau-like area on which erosion is sluggish.
- Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith
- Thereby its bed is swept clean, and then only does erosion become possible.
- Extract from : « Your National Parks » by Enos A. Mills
- Erosion has been at the maximum in the mountains because of the heavy precipitation.
- Extract from : « Mount Rainier » by Various
- They were formed in an earlier cycle of erosion when the land was lower.
- Extract from : « The Andes of Southern Peru » by Isaiah Bowman
Antonyms for erosion
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