abrasionaladj.
/əˈbreɪʒn̩(ə)l/, /əˈbreɪʒən(ə)l/, U.S. /əˈbreɪʒ(ə)nəl/ Chiefly Geology.
Relating to or involving abrasion; formed by abrasion.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > erosion or weathering > [adjective]
degrading1842
laterized1847
lateritized1865
abrasional1889
destructional1900
erosional1903
denudational1913
1889 Forhandl. i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania No. 1. 39 Those presumable traces of glacial epochs are perhaps only an abrasional phenomenon.
1911 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 43 658 The ice is here shod with boulders and is apparently performing the same kind of abrasional work that we find such ample evidence for within the glaciated region of North America.
1965 W. C. Krumbein & F. A. Graybill Introd. Statist. Models Geol. iii. 40 Roundness, is a response to abrasional forces that round the edges of the particle.
2006 Wear 261 740/1 It is well known that increasing the reinforcement content [of alloys] can enhance abrasional characteristics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1889