Erosion

Quick meaning: Erosion is a noun meaning (dentistry) Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.

Meaning

(dentistry) Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.

More Meanings

1. (medicine) A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.
2. (mathematics) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊖); see Erosion (morphology).
3. (mathematics, image processing) One of two fundamental operations in morphological image processing from which all other morphological operations are derived.
4. (chiefly uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
5. (chiefly uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.
6. (chiefly uncountable, figurative) The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process.
7. (chiefly uncountable) Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.

Example Sentences

the erosion of a person's trust

trademark erosion, caused by everyday use of the trademarked term

Father Ted: The cliffs were gone? How could they just disappear? Dougal: Erosion.

No social system that isn’t built upon the belief to the divine, or morality and traditional values, can withstand the erosion and degeneration of humankind’s morality, including democracy.

Word Forms

• erosions

Synonyms for erosion

Depending on context, synonyms include corrosion, eroding, corroding, wearing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include corrosion, corroding, wearing, eroding, soil, sedimentation.

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