abrasion
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Stretch it out: Best resistance bands to up your fitness game | Alexandra Berry | August 23, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThis multipurpose balm can also be used to treat headaches, muscle fatigue, minor burns, or abrasions.
This backpack is also made with ballistic nylon, which is breathable yet strong enough to resist tears, abrasion, or holes.
Daily deals: Amazon Prime Day deals you won’t want to miss | Billy Cadden | June 16, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe report also noted abrasions on Bumpass’ forehead, his right eye, both his cheeks, and on his knees.
Cops Say He Killed Himself During a Traffic Stop. His Family Says It’s Murder. | Andrew Boryga | May 28, 2021 | The Daily BeastI was just 18 or 19, and we had, on a weekly basis, little accidents, all with slight bodily injuries, some dislocated shoulders, abrasions and so on.
Kerry bent yet lower, staring closely at a discolored abrasion on Sir Lucien's forehead.
Dope | Sax RohmerThe average loss by abrasion of coin is estimated by Professor Bowen at one-twentieth of one per cent.
These were determinations of the annual wasting of the ice-surface, whether by evaporation, melting, or wind-abrasion.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe effect of constant abrasion upon the snow's surface is to harden it, and, finally, to carve ridges known as sastrugi.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonHe would espy the beauty of an old binding through any amount of abrasion and laceration.
There and Back | George MacDonald
British Dictionary definitions for abrasion
/ (əˈbreɪʒən) /
the process of scraping or wearing down by friction
a scraped area or spot; graze
geography the effect of mechanical erosion of rock, esp a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it; wearing down: Compare attrition (def. 4), corrasion
Origin of abrasion
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Scientific definitions for 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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