DETRITION
friction, detrition, rubbing
(noun) effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure
grinding, abrasion, attrition, detrition
(noun) the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition
(noun) erosion by friction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
detrition (countable and uncountable, plural detritions)
attrition; erosion by friction
Source: Wiktionary
De*tri"tion, n. Etym: [LL. detritio. See Detriment.]
Definition: A wearing off or away. Phonograms which by process long-continued detrition have reached a step of extreme simplicity. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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