Other Word Forms
- denudational adjective
- denudative adjective
Etymology
Origin of denudation
1575–85; < Late Latin dēnūdātiōn- (stem of dēnūdātiō ), equivalent to Latin dēnūdāt ( us ) ( denudate ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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To say that any complete denudation of the writer occurs in the successful work is, according to me, a romantic exaggeration.
From The New Yorker
The denudations look like cow paths cut through sage brush — invasive affronts on the landscape.
From New York Times
Weathering intensity data further indicate that soil chemical denudation rates increase proportionally with erosion rates.
From Science Magazine
Physical weathering must be specified every time as well as chemical weathering and, in the first case, terms such as “mechanical erosion” or “physical denudation” would be preferable.
From Science Magazine
And if there is a desire to make amends for the drought, we have what we call a flood and blame it on the weather instead of on our precipitous denudation of the watersheds.
From Project Gutenberg
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