abrasion
Significado (Inglés)
- (countable, uncountable) The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
- (countable, uncountable) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
- (countable, uncountable) An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
- (countable, uncountable) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
- (countable, uncountable) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
Conceptos
Sinónimos
corrasion
marine erosion
wear-out
wornout
marine abrasion
Traducciones
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/əˈbɹeɪ.ʒn̩/
Etimología (Inglés)
First attested in 1656. From French abrasion (attested since 1611), from Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”), from Latin abrādō (“scrape off”). See also abrade.
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