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mechanical weathering

noun

, Geology.
  1. any of the various weathering processes that cause physical disintegration of exposed rock without any change in the chemical composition of the rock:

    Collision between rock surfaces can cause mechanical weathering.



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Origin of mechanical weathering1

First recorded in 1880–85
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