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The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion.

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  1. n. The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion.
  2. n. a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action
  3. n. erosion by chemical action
  4. The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion. Corrosion is a particular species of dissolution of bodies, either by an acid or a saline menstruum. John Quincy.
  5. The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process ofcorrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion.Corrosion is a particular species of dissolution of bodies, either byan acid or a saline menstruum. John Quincy.
  6. n:100 n. a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action n. erosion by chemical action