detrition
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of detrition
1665–75; < Medieval Latin dētrītiōn- (stem of dētrītiō ), equivalent to Latin dētrīt ( us ) (past participle of dēterere; see detritus) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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Nowadays it has become the custom to place these slabs upright against the walls, thus preventing further detrition.
From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford
Another is the constant repetition of certain words and phrases which have lost their meaning by detrition and are known to all.
From American Sketches 1908 by Charles Whibley
Mr. Jukes Brown, whom I have just quoted, says: “The Wold hills must have been, in some way, exposed to a severe and long-continued detrition, when erosive agencies were very active.”
From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by James Conway Walter
Friction -- N. friction, attrition; rubbing, abrasion, scraping &c. v.; confrication†, detrition, contrition†, affriction†, abrasion, arrosion†, limature†, frication†, rub; elbow grease; rosin; massage; roughness &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
The "Hole" has been made by the detrition and washing out of the shale and the fall of the overlying rock.
From The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts by George W. Holley
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