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 • Jan. 22, 2001
Mencken's denudation of America's Sunday-go-to-meeting image was carried out with wit and a once admired prose style.
From Time Magazine Archive
For example, in many coal regions the deposits have been conserved in some districts in the synclines or “basins,” while they have been removed by denudation from the uplifted anticlines in others.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
Similar volcanic scenery has been produced in western Europe by the action of denudation in dissecting the flat Tertiary lavas of Scotland, the Faeroe Isles and Iceland.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
It abounds in gaps, some of which have been caused by the destruction of strata owing to metamorphism, denudation or otherwise, others by original non-deposition, as above explained.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
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