erosion
- Noun. (context, uncountable) The result of having been being worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
- Noun. (context, uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.
- Noun. (context, uncountable) Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.
- Noun. (mathematics, image processing) One of two fundamental operations in morphological image processing from which all other morphological operations are derived.
- Noun. (dentistry) Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.
- Noun. (medicine) A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.
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