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corrasion |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Corrasion \Cor*ra"sion\ (k?r-r?"zh?n), n. [See {Corrade}.] (Geol.) The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: corrasion n : erosion by friction [syn: {abrasion}, {attrition}, {detrition}]
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