ABRASION

Abrasion

Abrasion is the process of scuffing, scratching, wearing down, marring, or rubbing away. It can be intentionally imposed in a controlled process using an abrasive. Abrasion can be an undesirable effect of exposure to normal use or exposure to the elements.

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abrasion

Noun

  1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
  2. The substance thus rubbed off; debris. <ref name=SOED/>
  3. The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it. <ref name=SOED/>
  4. An abraded, scraped, or worn area. <ref name=SOED/>
  5. A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. <ref name=SOED/>
  6. The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.


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