detrition

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun erosion by friction
noun the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
noun effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure

“Ice is formed either by the detrition of round atoms contained in the water, and the re-union at scalene and acute angles of the atoms which exist in the water, or by an addition from without of these latter particles, which penetrating into the water, solidify it by driving away an equal amount of round atoms. — The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laertius

abrasion, attrition, corrasion

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