What does érosion mean?

Definitions for érosion
ɪˈroʊ ʒənérosion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing awaynoun

    (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)

  2. erosionnoun

    condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind

  3. erosionnoun

    a gradual decline of something

    "after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors"

  4. corrosion, corroding, erosionnoun

    erosion by chemical action

Wiktionary

  1. erosionnoun

    The result of having been being worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face

  2. erosionnoun

    The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.

  3. erosionnoun

    Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.

  4. erosionnoun

    One of two fundamental operations in morphological image processing from which all other morphological operations are derived.

  5. erosionnoun

    Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.

  6. erosionnoun

    A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.

  7. Etymology: From erosio, derived from erodere, possibly via erosionem and Middle French erosion.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Erosionnoun

    Etymology: erosio, Latin.

    As sea-salt is a sharp solid body, when taken in too great quantities, in a constant diet of salt meat, it breaks the vessels, produceth erosions of the solid parts, and all the symptoms of the sea-scurvy. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

Wikipedia

  1. Erosion

    Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited. Erosion is distinct from weathering which involves no movement. Removal of rock or soil as clastic sediment is referred to as physical or mechanical erosion; this contrasts with chemical erosion, where soil or rock material is removed from an area by dissolution. Eroded sediment or solutes may be transported just a few millimetres, or for thousands of kilometres. Agents of erosion include rainfall; bedrock wear in rivers; coastal erosion by the sea and waves; glacial plucking, abrasion, and scour; areal flooding; wind abrasion; groundwater processes; and mass movement processes in steep landscapes like landslides and debris flows. The rates at which such processes act control how fast a surface is eroded. Typically, physical erosion proceeds the fastest on steeply sloping surfaces, and rates may also be sensitive to some climatically-controlled properties including amounts of water supplied (e.g., by rain), storminess, wind speed, wave fetch, or atmospheric temperature (especially for some ice-related processes). Feedbacks are also possible between rates of erosion and the amount of eroded material that is already carried by, for example, a river or glacier. The transport of eroded materials from their original location is followed by deposition, which is arrival and emplacement of material at a new location.While erosion is a natural process, human activities have increased by 10-40 times the rate at which soil erosion is occurring globally. At agriculture sites in the Appalachian Mountains, intensive farming practices have caused erosion at up to 100 times the natural rate of erosion in the region. Excessive (or accelerated) erosion causes both "on-site" and "off-site" problems. On-site impacts include decreases in agricultural productivity and (on natural landscapes) ecological collapse, both because of loss of the nutrient-rich upper soil layers. In some cases, this leads to desertification. Off-site effects include sedimentation of waterways and eutrophication of water bodies, as well as sediment-related damage to roads and houses. Water and wind erosion are the two primary causes of land degradation; combined, they are responsible for about 84% of the global extent of degraded land, making excessive erosion one of the most significant environmental problems worldwide.: 2 : 1 Intensive agriculture, deforestation, roads, anthropogenic climate change and urban sprawl are amongst the most significant human activities in regard to their effect on stimulating erosion. However, there are many prevention and remediation practices that can curtail or limit erosion of vulnerable soils.

ChatGPT

  1. erosion

    Erosion is a natural geologic process where materials from the surface of the Earth such as soil, rock, or dissolved materials, are transported or worn away by the action of wind, water or ice. This process, often influenced by human activities, changes the landscape over time, usually by the gradual removal or displacement of surface material.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Erosionnoun

    the act or operation of eroding or eating away

  2. Erosionnoun

    the state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker

  3. Etymology: [L. erosio. See Erode.]

Wikidata

  1. Erosion

    Erosion is the process by which soil and rock are removed from the Earth's surface by exogenetic processes such as wind or water flow, and then transported and deposited in other locations. While erosion is a natural process, human activities have increased by 10-40 times the rate at which erosion is occurring globally. Excessive erosion causes problems such as desertification, decreases in agricultural productivity due to land degradation, sedimentation of waterways, and ecological collapse due to loss of the nutrient rich upper soil layers. Water and wind erosion are now the two primary causes of land degradation; combined, they are responsible for 84% of degraded acreage, making excessive erosion one of the most significant global environmental problems. Industrial agriculture, deforestation, roads, anthropogenic climate change and urban sprawl are amongst the most significant human activities in regard to their effect on stimulating erosion. However, there are many available alternative land use practices that can curtail or limit erosion, such as terrace-building, no-till agriculture, and revegetation of denuded soils.

British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'érosion' in Nouns Frequency: #2579

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of érosion in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of érosion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of érosion in a Sentence

  1. Jim Garvin:

    This ensemble of chemistry, environmental, and descent imaging data will paint a picture of the layered Venus atmosphere and how it interacts with the surface in the mountains of Alpha Regio, which is twice the size of Texas, these measurements will allow us to evaluate historical aspects of the atmosphere as well as detect special rock types at the surface such as granites while also looking for tell-tale landscape features that could tell us about erosion or other formational processes.

  2. Alishan Forest Railway:

    Taiwan red cypress and Taiwan cypress are fine and uniform wood materials, they’re durable, resistant to erosion and insects. The essential oils it contains exudes a unique phytoncide scent (the scent of the forest), which is both energizing and cleansing. Passengers could enjoy a refreshing forest bathing experience.

  3. Raimund Roeseler:

    A possible erosion of lending standards in conjunction with reduced risk provisioning can lead to a threat to financial stability, we are therefore taking a closer look at this.

  4. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon:

    Convenience alone does not justify such a dramatic erosion of Americans’ constitutional rights.

  5. Annie Powell:

    We are seeing a creeping erosion of employment rights as companies misclassify their workers as self-employed so as to avoid paying them holiday pay and the national minimum wage.

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