Corrasion

Quick meaning: Corrasion is a noun meaning The wearing away of surface material.

Meaning

The wearing away of surface material.

More Meanings

1. (geology) Corrading (erosion by abrasion) caused by such as: wind-blown or water-borne sand, stream-borne or glacier-borne stones, or collisions between stones under the influence of seaside breakers.
2. (obsolete) The diminution of wealth, etc., such as through unanticipated expenditure.

Example Sentences

The ground defied the Council. It changed in sped-up corrasion, in the buckling of tectonics at some psychotic rate as if time was untethered from its rules.

Theſe and other importunate corraſions, vvere not made onely to fill vp ſuch breaches as the French affaires had produced, but alſo to ſpend in entertainments and ſhovves.

Following the healing process, hail injuries remain distinctive in the growth rings as corrasions or scars and can be dated with dendrochronological and wood-anatomical methods.

Corrasion may be vertical or lateral. Vertical corrasion is corrasion of the bed of the river, deepening its channel. Lateral corrasion is corrasion of the banks, and leaves the bed untouched.

Word Forms

• corrasions

Synonyms for corrasion

Depending on context, synonyms include attrition, abrasion, detrition.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include detrition, attrition, abrasion, arrosion, expense, pull.

Related Dictionary Tools