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
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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
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Disintegration; specifically, in dentistry, the carious disintegration of the surface of a tooth, as distinguished from the wearing away of the surface by chemical or mechanical action; see erosion.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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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