corrasion

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The diminution of wealth, etc., such as through unanticipated expenditure.

   “Theſe and other importunate corraſions, vvere not made onely to fill vp ſuch breaches as the French affaires had produced, but alſo to ſpend in entertainments and ſhovves.”

2. isim The wearing away of surface material.

   “In contrast, Spinocyrtia pedicle valves displayed a wide range of corrasion states, including extremely worn partial valves lacking any hint of ribbing and with edges, including fractured edges, rounded (Figs. 1, 2 B-E).”

3. isim Corrading (erosion by abrasion) caused by such as: wind-blown or water-borne sand, stream-borne or glacier-borne stones, or collisions between stones under the influence of seaside breakers.

   “But the character of the deposit on these benches shows that it could not have accumulated under such conditions as must have existed had the plains resulted from lateral corrasions by streams with but slight fall.”