erosion

  1. 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.
  2. Noun.  (context, uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.
  3. Noun.  (context, uncountable) Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.
  4. Noun.  (mathematics, image processing) One of two fundamental operations in morphological image processing from which all other morphological operations are derived.
  5. Noun.  (dentistry) Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.
  6. Noun.  (medicine) A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.

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