abrasion
/əˈbɹeɪ.ʒən/ · noun
Meaning
- The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
- An act of abrasiveness.
- The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
- The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
- An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
- A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
- The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
Etymology / origin
First attested in 1656. From French abrasion (attested since 1611), from Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”), from Latin abrādō (“scrape off”). See also abrade.
- abrādō(la)→
- abrasio(la-med)→
- abrasion(French)→
- abrasion (English)
- Relations: bor, der, der
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