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detrition|dɪˈtrɪʃən|
[n. of action f. L. dēterĕre, ppl. stem dētrīt-, to wear away, rub away. Cf. mod.F. détrition (in Cuvier).]
The action of wearing away by rubbing.
1674Petty Disc. Dupl. Proportion 125 Gross tangible Bodies being very mutable by the various Additions and Detritions that befal them. 1741Monro Anat. Bones (ed. 3) 55 The Uses of Cartilages..are, to allow..Bones..to slide easily without Detrition. 1890Nature 27 Nov. 90 Detrition has made it as smooth as the shingle pebbles on our shores. 1893Dublin Rev. July 733 What remains after centuries of detrition and denudation. |