erosion
IPA: ɪrˈoʊʒʌn
noun
- (uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
- (uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.
- (uncountable, figurative) The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process.
- (uncountable) Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.
- (mathematics, image processing) One of two fundamental operations in morphological image processing from which all other morphological operations are derived.
- (dentistry) Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.
- (medicine) A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.
- (mathematics) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊖); see Erosion (morphology).
Advertisement
Examples of "erosion" in Sentences
- Erosion and sedimentation happen at the same time.
- This meandering course is due to the erosion of the soil.
- The foreshore is subject to cycles of erosion and accretion.
- This erosion is most definitely due to modern communication.
- The area is highly denuded and exposed to soil and wind erosion.
- Uncultivated, the soil experienced increased erosion and compaction.
- The financial erosion from the credit crunch also has affected Europe.
- Soil erosion has increased on the land and sedimentation in the harbour.
- The continuous planting of cotton caused serious erosion and soil infertility.
- Under the term erosion I include the action of water, of ice, and of the atmosphere, including frost and rain.
- Still, it's worth considering whether something other than normal erosion is affecting American Idol (Fox, tonight, 8 ET/PT).
- It looks like investors populating NLY options are bracing for near-term erosion in the price of the REITs shares through August expiration.
- Both of these trends make sense but I think Lovell makes a more interesting observation when he talks about what he describes as the erosion of the hardcore.
- MPs on the committee called for the World Service budget to be protected to "prevent any risk of long-term erosion of the World Service's funding and of parliament's right to oversee its work".
- Later, explaining his opinion to a reporter, Sununu cited a $250 million state budget deficit; what he called the erosion of family values in the last legislative session; and Lynch's failure to persuade lawmakers from his own party to vote for his constitutional amendment on education.
Advertisement
Advertisement