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underreplacement

noun

Etymology

From under- + replacement.

  1. derived from *pleth₂-✻ — “to spread”
  2. derived from πλατεῖα
  3. derived from platēa — “plaza, wide street”
  4. derived from place — “place, an open space”
  5. inherited from plæċe — “place, an open space, street”
  6. inherited from place
  7. prefixed as replace — “re + place”
  8. suffixed as replacement — “replace + ment”
  9. prefixed as underreplacement — “under + replacement”

Definitions

  1. The replacement of a substance by a smaller amount.

    • In the railroad equipment industry, activity failed to recover fully as the slow process of underreplacement had not yet brought plant and equipment facilities to a level consonant with the reduced volume of railroad traffic.

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