deterioration by corrosion

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• CORROSION — La corrosion est le résultat de l’action qu’exerce un réactif liquide ou gazeux sur un métal ou un alliage. Sa forme la plus connue est la rouille du fer exposé à l’air humide. Elle présente une grande importance étant donné les conséquences… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• deterioration — I noun abasement, abrasion, atrophy, caducity, consumption, corrosion, corruption, debasement, decadence, decay, declension, declination, decomposition, decrepitude, degradation, demission, depreciation, destruction, deteriorcondicio,… …   Law dictionary

• deterioration — [n] decay, degeneration abasement, adulteration, atrophy, corrosion, crumbling, debasement, decadence, decaying, declension, declination, decline, decomposition, degradation, degringolade, depreciation, descent, devaluation, dilapidation,… …   New thesaurus

• corrosion — index decline, deterioration, detriment, disrepair, dissolution (disintegration), spoilage, wear and tear …   Law dictionary

• corrosion — [n] disintegration decay, decomposition, degeneration, deterioration, erosion, oxidation, rust, wear; concepts 309,720 …   New thesaurus

• Deterioration — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deterioration >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deterioration deterioration debasement Sgm: N 1 wane wane ebb Sgm: N 1 recession recession &c. 287 Sgm: N 1 retrogradation retrogradation &c. 283 …   English dictionary for students

• Corrosion — v · d · e Materials failure modes Buckling · …   Wikipedia

• corrosion — [1] The chemical process in which a metal is eaten away (i.e., rusting). [2] Deterioration of materials from chemical action. [3] The eating or wearing away of a substance, such as metal, usually caused by chemical decomposition brought about by… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• corrosion fatigue — the deterioration of properties resulting from repeated stressing of a metal in a corrosive medium. The rate of deterioration is greater than that resulting from either repeated stressing or corrosion alone …   Mechanics glossary

• deterioration — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Growing worse Nouns 1. deterioration, debasement; wane, ebb (see decrease); decline, declension; relapse, backsliding (see regression); recession; rust belt. 2. (moral deterioration) degeneracy,… …   English dictionary for students

• corrosion — 1. Gradual deterioration or consummation of a substance by another, especially by biochemical or chemical reaction. Cf.:erosion. 2. The product of corroding, such as rust. [L. cor rodo (conr ), pp. rosus, to gnaw] * * * cor·ro·sion kə rō zhən n… …   Medical dictionary