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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