abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition
(noun) erosion by friction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
corrasion (usually uncountable, plural corrasions)
(obsolete) The diminution of wealth, etc, such as through unanticipated expenditure.
The wearing away of surface material.
(geology) Corrading (erosion by abrasion) caused by such as: wind-blown or water-borne sand, stream-borne or glacier-borne stones, or collisions between stones under the influence of seaside breakers.
Source: Wiktionary
Cor*ra"sion (kr-r"zhn), n. Etym: [See Corrade.] (Geol.)
Definition: The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
