abrasion

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Compared with subaerial denudation, marine abrasion is a comparatively feeble agent.

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  1. noun The process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction.
  2. noun A scraped or worn area.
  3. noun A scraped area on the skin or on a mucous membrane, resulting from injury or irritation.

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  • - One another helpful home remedy for abrasion is the herb Calendula, which is anti-inflammatory, astringent and antiseptic. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Wear of food contact surfaces through abrasion, cleaning and impact damage increases the surface roughness. —  EurekAlert! - Breaking News
  • Our advanced, synthetic material is abrasion - and tear-resistant and has the most uniform strength in both directions. —  Medgadget
  • These pumps fail for three main reasons, dry running, abrasion (wrong material selection) and over pressure.
  • That can sometimes happen with bruising, but not with an abrasion, which is what we see on Oliveaux's cheek. —  Reason Magazine - Hit & Run
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Medieval Latin abrāsiō, abrāsiōn-, from Latin abrāsus, past participle of abrādere, to scrape off; see abrade.

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  1. from Latin abrasio(n-), from abradere: see abrade.
 

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/æbˈreɪzhən/
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