erosion
The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
Other meanings
The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.
The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process.
Related words
- antierosion
- bioerosion
- circumerosion
- electroerosion
- erosionproof
- microerosion
- nonerosion
- erosional
- erosive
- mechanical erosion
- sheet erosion
- splash erosion
Word history
From Latin "ērōsiō" (eating away).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “erosion” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.