denudation
noun
the act of denuding.
denudative
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a word derived from
denudation.
Example Sentences
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We now go straight to the ocean for the amount of sodium of denudative origin.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
Age of Earth, comparison of denudative and radioactive methods of finding, 23-29.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
Even while constructive effects were still in progress, denudative forces were not idle.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
When the consolidated sediments are by these and by succeeding movements forced upwards into mountains, they are exposed to denudative effects greatly exceeding those which affect the plains.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
A leading and fundamental inference in the denudative history of the Earth thus finds support: indeed, we may say, verification.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
