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abrasion
/ ə-brā′zhən /
- The process of wearing away a surface by friction. A rock undergoes abrasion when particles of sand or small pieces of rock are carried across its surface by a glacier, stream, or the wind.
- A scraped area on the skin or mucous membranes.
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of abrasion1
C17: from Medieval Latin abrāsiōn-, from the past participle of Latin abrādere to abrade
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Example Sentences
Kerry bent yet lower, staring closely at a discolored abrasion on Sir Lucien's forehead.
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The average loss by abrasion of coin is estimated by Professor Bowen at one-twentieth of one per cent.
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These were determinations of the annual wasting of the ice-surface, whether by evaporation, melting, or wind-abrasion.
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The effect of constant abrasion upon the snow's surface is to harden it, and, finally, to carve ridges known as sastrugi.
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He would espy the beauty of an old binding through any amount of abrasion and laceration.
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