单词 | abrading |
释义 | abradingadj. That rubs, scrapes at, or wears down a surface; abrasive. ΚΠ 1730 T. Short Diss. upon Tea 38 This [sc. fine sugar] being too sharp and abrading for thin, hectick Constitutions, these should prefer the more gross or coarser Sort. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 13 The abrading power of floods, torrents, and rivers. a1898 H. Bessemer Autobiogr. (1905) xxi. 363 The small particles..produce an abrading surface acting continually against the diamond. 1947 A. J. Thompson Making your own Telescope (1954) v. 59 The actual marks of grinding were revealed, which certainly could not have been there if the polishing action were an abrading one. 1999 Child Devel. 70 1061/1 Omni-prep was used as an abrading compound before attaching individual..electrodes to the scalp. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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