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DETRITION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("detrition" is a kind of...):
effort; elbow grease; exertion; sweat; travail (use of physical or mental energy; hard work)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "detrition"):
attrition (the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
Synonyms:
abrasion; attrition; detrition; grinding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("detrition" is a kind of...):
friction; rubbing (the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Erosion by friction
Synonyms:
abrasion; attrition; corrasion; detrition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("detrition" is a kind of...):
eating away; eroding; erosion; wearing; wearing away ((geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it))
