corrasion

American  

[kuh-rey-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  

/ kəˈreɪsɪv, 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

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 Atwood, Wallace W.

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 Atwood, Wallace W.

These broad canyons, or canyon valleys, are carved by the streams in obedience to an interesting law of corrasion.

From Canyons of the Colorado by Powell, John Wesley

If the land of southern Wisconsin remained low for a time after the uplift which brought the Paleozoic sedimentation to a close, weathering would have exceeded transportation and corrasion.

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

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 Gilson, Jewett Castello