Denudation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Denudation \Den`u*da"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. denudatio: cf. F.
     d['e]nudation.]
     1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the
        surface; a making bare.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Geol.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of
        the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal
        of them by the action of running water.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  denudation
       n : the removal of covering [syn: {stripping}, {uncovering}, {baring},
            {husking}]