corrasion

American  

[kuh-ray-zhuhn] / kəˈreɪ ʒən /

noun

1. the mechanical erosion of soil and rock by the abrasive action of particles set in motion by running water, wind, glacial ice, and gravity.

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corrasion British  

/ kəˈreɪʒən /

noun

1. erosion of a rock surface by rock fragments transported over it by water, wind, or ice Compare abrasion attrition

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Other Word Forms

• corrasive
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of corrasion

1605–15; < Latin corrās ( us ) scraped together (past participle of corrādere ) + -ion. See corrade

Example Sentences

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corrasion

This backward drainage leaves the immediate brink, or "rim," till the last, in its work of erosion and corrasion, and the rim consequently is left higher than the region away from it.

From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh

The processes of weathering began as soon as the surface was exposed to the weather, and corrasion by running water began with the first shower which fell upon it.

From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood

Weathering, wash, and lateral corrasion of the stream continue to widen the valley after it has reached baselevel.

From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood

Nowhere else on the face of the globe is one so vividly impressed by the vastness of the work of corrasion as in the northwestern part of Arizona.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Jewett Castello Gilson

Weathering prepares the material for transportation and transportation leads to corrasion.

From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood