denudation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
3. (countable, uncountable) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.

Synonyms

stripping

uncovering

baring

husking

disclosure

disintegration

erosion

exfoliation

expose

exposure

fretting

peeling

revealing

unveiling

wastage

abrasion

breaking-off

decortication

degradation

detecting

Translations

denudació

Denudation

Entblößung

Abtragung

denudación

denudação

denudazione

flächenhafte Abtragung

Abbeizen

Entblössung

Ausschalen

Abräumen

Abraumbeseitigung

απογύμνωση

extracció de volàtils

Etymology

From Middle French dénudation, from Latin denudatio.