Thesaurus: detrition

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1. n. A wearing off or away.
2. n. erosion by friction
3. n. the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
4. n. effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure
5. A wearing off or away. Phonograms which by process long-continued detrition have reached a step of extreme simplicity. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
6. A wearing off or away.Phonograms which by process long-continued detrition have reached astep of extreme simplicity. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
7. n erosion by friction n the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice n effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure