erosion

Etymology
From, from , derived from.

The first known occurrence in English was in the 1541 translation by of 's medical text . Copland used erosion to describe how ulcers developed in the mouth. By 1774 erosion was used outside medical subjects. employed the term in the more contemporary geological context, in his book Natural History, with the quote
 * "Bounds are thus put to the erosion of the earth by water."

Noun

 * 1)  The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
 * 2) * 1995, Graham Linehan & al., "Good Luck, Father Ted", Father Ted Series 1, Episode 1, Channel Four:
 * Father Ted: The cliffs were gone? How could they just disappear? Dougal: Erosion.
 * 1)  The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.
 * 2)  The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process.
 * the erosion of a person's trust
 * trademark erosion, caused by everyday use of the trademarked term
 * 1)  Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.
 * 2)  One of two fundamental operations in  from which all other morphological operations are derived.
 * 3)  Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.
 * 4)  A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.
 * 5)  In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊖); see.
 * 1)  A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.
 * 2)  In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊖); see.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: эро́зія
 * Bulgarian: ерозия
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, afslidning
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: erosion
 * Georgian: ეროზია
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kapampangan: banlik
 * Kazakh: мүжілу
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: erozija
 * Macedonian: ерозија
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: erosjon
 * Nynorsk: erosjon
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, , odronjenje
 * Slovak: erózia
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: us-os
 * Ukrainian: еро́зія
 * Vietnamese: xói mòn


 * Bulgarian: ерозия
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: erozio
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: líomhadh
 * Latvian: erozija
 * Maori: ngāhorohoro
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: erosjon
 * Nynorsk: erosjon
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: sapudpod, pagkapudpod


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: erozio
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: erosjon
 * Nynorsk: erosjon
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:


 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: erosjon
 * Nynorsk: erosjon


 * French:
 * Persian: اروزیون
 * Turkish:

Noun

 * 1)  shallow lesion or ulceration