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erosion — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ serious, severe, significant ▪ Acid rain has caused severe erosion on the hillside. ▪ further ▪ He risks further erosion of his support among voters … Collocations dictionary
erosion — ► NOUN ▪ the process or result of eroding or being eroded. DERIVATIVES erosional adjective erosive adjective … English terms dictionary
Erosion — An innovation that has a negative impact on one or more of a firm s existing assets. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * erode e‧rode [ɪˈrəʊd ǁ ɪˈroʊd] verb [transitive] if an amount or value is eroded, it is slowly reduced: • Stock… … Financial and business terms
erosion — A negative impact on one or more of a firm s existing assets. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * erode e‧rode [ɪˈrəʊd ǁ ɪˈroʊd] verb [transitive] if an amount or value is eroded, it is slowly reduced: • Stock prices were eroded by profit taking … Financial and business terms
erosion — noun (U) 1 the process of being gradually destroyed by rain, wind, the sea etc: soil erosion | the erosion of the coastline 2 the process of gradually destroying or reducing something: the erosion of civil liberties erosive adjective … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
erosion — 1540s, from M.Fr. erosion (16c.), from L. erosionem (nom. erosio) a gnawing away, noun of action from pp. stem of erodere gnaw away, from ex away (see EX (Cf. ex )) + rodere gnaw (see RODENT (Cf. rodent)) … Etymology dictionary
erosion remnant — noun : a feature of the landscape standing above the general level to which erosion has reduced its surroundings as the shoreline is cut landward stacks, caves, islands, and other typical erosion remnants may be left standing P.G.Worcester … Useful english dictionary
erosion — I noun abrasion, attrition, breakdown, consumption, crumbling, decay, decrease, decrement, deterioration, detrition, diminishment, diminution, disappearance, disintegration, dissolution, gradual eating away, gradual wearing away, grinding,… … Law dictionary
erosion — noun erosion has dramatically affected the topography here over the past two hundred years Syn: wearing away, abrasion, attrition; weathering; dissolution, corrosion, decay; deterioration, disintegration, destruction … Thesaurus of popular words
erosion pavement — noun : a surficial concentration of pebbles and rock fragments tending to protect the underlying soil from further erosion … Useful english dictionary
erosion surface — noun : a surface generally of low relief shaped by erosion compare peneplain, unconformity * * * Geol. an eroded land surface, esp. one that is nearly flat and featureless … Useful english dictionary