depletion
nounEtymology
Borrowed from Latin depletio, depletionem, from depleō.
- borrowed from depletio
Definitions
The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted
The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
- The Great Northern 4-4-0s have all vanished, and there has been some depletion in the ranks of North British "Glens" and "Scotts."
The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
The act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of…
The act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence.
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gradual expense or use of natural resources over time.
The neighborhood
- neighbordeplete
Derived
allodepletion, codepletion, depletional, haplodepletion, hemodepletion, hyperdepletion, immunodepletion, leucodepletion, leukodepletion, lymphodepletion, magnetodepletion, mucodepletion, myelodepletion, nondepletion, oxygen depletion, photodepletion, ribodepletion, stimulated emission depletion microscope, stimulated emission depletion microscopy
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for depletion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA