Found 4 items, similar to erosion.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: erosion
erosi
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: erosion
erosi, gerogotan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: erosion
erosion
n 1: (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding
something down (as by particles washing over it) [syn:
eroding,
eating away,
wearing,
wearing away]
2: condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the
action of water and wind
3: a gradual decline of something;
“after the accounting
scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the
auditors”
4: erosion by chemical action [syn:
corrosion,
corroding]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Erosion
Erosion
\E*ro"sion\, n. [L. erosio. See
Erode.]
1. The act or operation of eroding or eating away.
[1913 Webster]
2. The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.
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3. The wearing away of the earth's surface by any natural
process. The chief agent of erosion is running water;
minor agents are glaciers, the wind, and waves breaking
against the coast.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. a gradual reduction or lessening as if by an erosive
force; as, erosion of political support due to scandal;
erosion of buying power by inflation. [fig.]
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