Detrition

2 definitions found

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

  Detrition \De*tri"tion\, n. [LL. detritio. See {Detriment}.]
     A wearing off or away.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Phonograms which by process long-continued detrition
           have reached a step of extreme simplicity. --I. Taylor


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  detrition
       n 1: erosion by friction [syn: {abrasion}, {attrition}, {corrasion}]
       2: the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water
          or wind or ice [syn: {grinding}, {abrasion}, {attrition}]
       3: effort expended in rubbing one object against another [syn:
          {friction}, {rubbing}]