CORROSION
\kəɹˈə͡ʊʒən], \kəɹˈəʊʒən], \k_ə_ɹ_ˈəʊ_ʒ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CORROSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The act of eating or gnawing away; a condition produced by the gradual eating or wearing away of some substance; rust.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Robley Dunglison
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Destruction by chemical action. The destruction of animal tissues by a corrosive. In anatomy, the demonstration of important structures by the eating away of the non-essential parts, leaving only the important ones to be seen. [Fr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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