Meaning of ABRASION
| Pronunciation: | | u'breyzhun
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- [n] the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
- [n] erosion by friction
- [n] an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
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| | Synonyms: | | attrition, attrition, corrasion, detrition, detrition, excoriation, grinding, scrape, scratch |
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| | See Also: | | eating away, eroding, erosion, friction, graze, lesion, rope burn, rubbing, wearing, wearing away, wound | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ab*ra"sion\, n. [L. abrasio, fr. abradere. See
{Abrade}.]
1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing
away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
2. The substance rubbed off. --Berkeley.
3. (Med.) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance
under the form of small shreds. --Dunglison.
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| | Definition: | | An area rubbed bare of skin or mucous membrane; or, the normal wearing of tooth enamel by chewing. |
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| | Related Terms: | | ablation, abrasive, abstraction, atomization, attrition, beating, blemish, break, brecciation, buffing, burn, burnishing, chafe, chafing, check, chip, comminution, concussion, crack, crackle, craze, crumbling, crushing, cut, deduction, detrition, disintegration, dressing, erasure, erosion, filing, flash burn, fracture, fragmentation, fray, frazzle, fretting, gall, galling, gash, granulation, granulization, grating, grazing, grinding, hurt, incision, injury, laceration, lesion, levigation, limation, mashing, mortal wound, mutilation, polishing, pounding, powdering, puncture, purification, rasping, refinement, removal, rent, rip, rubbing away, run, rupture, sandblasting, sanding, scald, scorch, scouring, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scrub, scrubbing, scuff, second-degree burn, shining, shredding, slash, smashing, smoothing, sore, stab, stab wound, subduction, sublation, subtraction, taking away, tear, third-degree burn, trauma, trituration, wear, wearing away, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench |
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