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erosion::noun | Spocien Dictionary

erosion

/ɪ'roʊʒən/

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)

Type	Words
Synonyms	eating away, eroding, wearing, wearing away
Type of	geologic process, geological process
Has types	soil erosion, ablation, attrition, beach erosion, chatter mark, corrasion, deflation, detrition, planation, abrasion
Derivation	erode

erosion

/ɪ'roʊʒən/

erosion by chemical action

Type	Words
Synonyms	corroding, corrosion
Type of	chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
Has types	rust, indentation, pitting, roughness, rusting

erosion

/ɪ'roʊʒən/

a gradual decline of something

Type	Words
Type of	diminution, decline

after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors.

erosion

/ɪ'roʊʒən/

condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind

Type	Words
Type of	environmental condition
Derivation	erode