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Noun Concept

Categories: Geomorphology, Erosion, Mining equipment, Glaciology, Sedimentology

grinding abrasion attrition detrition abrasion platform

The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice WordNet 3.0

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The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Abrasion is a process of erosion which occurs when material being transported wears away at a surface over time. Wikipedia

Attrition is the process of erosion that occurs during rock collision and transportation. Wikipedia

Mechanical scraping of a surface by friction between moving particles Wikipedia Disambiguation

The wearing away of rocks in rivers or the sea Wikipedia Disambiguation

Process of wearing down or wearing away of rocks by the hard particles carried by rivers, glaciers, wind and waves Wikidata

wearing away of rocks in the sea Wikidata

Act of wearing down by friction. (Noun; Re. Geology; Source: IPDF); OmegaWiki

The action of grinding together or crushing into small particles. Wiktionary

The action of grinding or crushing into small particles. Wiktionary (translation)

Ominous creakings and grindings came from the innards of the machine. Wiktionary

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary

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beach erosion

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

grinding, abrasion, attrition, detrition

Wikipedia

abrasion (geology), attrition (erosion)

Wikidata

abrasion, attrition

Wiktionary

grinding

OmegaWiki

abrasion

Wikipedia Redirections

abrasion platform, Attrition (weathering), grinding (milling)