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abrasion

noun
/əˈbɹeɪ.ʒn̩/US

Etymology

First attested in 1656. From French abrasion (attested since 1611), from Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”), from Latin abrādō (“scrape off”). See also abrade.

  1. derived from abrādō
  2. derived from abrasio
  3. borrowed from abrasion

Definitions

  1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off

    The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.

    • The metal surface showed signs of abrasion after years of use.

  2. An act of abrasiveness.

  3. The substance thus rubbed off

    The substance thus rubbed off; debris.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments…

      The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.

    2. An abraded, scraped, or worn area.

    3. A superficial wound caused by scraping

      A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.

      • The doctor cleaned the small skin abrasion on her knee.

    4. The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.

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Derived

abrasiometer, abrasional, abrasion platform, airbrasion, antiabrasion, dermabrasion, dermoabrasion, microabrasion

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at abrasion. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01abrasion02wearing03erosion04eroded05worn06wear07erode

A definitional loop anchored at abrasion. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at abrasion

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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