Associations to the word «Abrasion»

ABRASION, noun. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]

ABRASION, noun. (obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]

ABRASION, noun. (geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

ABRASION, noun. An abraded, scraped, or worn area. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]

ABRASION, noun. (medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]

ABRASION, noun. (dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.

ABRASION PLATFORM, noun. (geology) A sloping or nearly flat bedrock surface extending out from the foot of a marine cliff under shallow water of a breaker (wave) zone, that was created by marine abrasion.

ABRASION PLATFORMS, noun. Plural of abrasion platform

ABRASION, noun. An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off.

ABRASION, noun. Erosion by friction.

ABRASION, noun. The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice.