ABLATIVE
ablative
Noun
- The ablative case. <ref name=SOED/>
- An ablative material. <ref name=SOED/>
Adjective
- Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement.
- Pertaining to taking away or removing. <ref name=SOED/>
- Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying, as in ablative paints used for antifouling. .
- Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ. <ref name=SOED/>
- Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier. <ref name=SOED/>
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