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abrasion
/ ə-brā′zhən /
- The process of wearing away a surface by friction. A rock undergoes abrasion when particles of sand or small pieces of rock are carried across its surface by a glacier, stream, or the wind.
- A scraped area on the skin or mucous membranes.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of abrasion1
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Example Sentences
Kerry bent yet lower, staring closely at a discolored abrasion on Sir Lucien's forehead.
The average loss by abrasion of coin is estimated by Professor Bowen at one-twentieth of one per cent.
These were determinations of the annual wasting of the ice-surface, whether by evaporation, melting, or wind-abrasion.
The effect of constant abrasion upon the snow's surface is to harden it, and, finally, to carve ridges known as sastrugi.
He would espy the beauty of an old binding through any amount of abrasion and laceration.
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