Weathering
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Weathering is a noun meaning (geology) Mechanical or chemical breaking down of rocks in situ by weather or other causes.
Meaning
(geology) Mechanical or chemical breaking down of rocks in situ by weather or other causes.
More Meanings
- (architecture) A slight inclination given to an approximately horizontal surface to enable it to throw off water.
- The action of weather on objects exposed to it.
- present participle and gerund of weather
- (obsolete) Weather, especially favourable or fair weather.
Example Sentences
Furthermore, changes in continental weathering and riverine contributions to the oceans may also be linked with climate, and hydrothermal inputs vary with tectonism.
At that point the cuesta is 10 miles wide but the hilltops have an eastward descent of only about 62 feet. In its general eastward slope the surface of the cuesta is exactly that of one made by weathering and stream erosion, acting upon a gently-dipping limestone bed in a region never glaciated.
Word Forms
- weatherings
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