abrasion
English
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Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1656. From French abrasion (attested since 1611), from Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”), from Latin abrādō (“scrape off”). See also abrade.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abrasion (countable and uncountable, plural abrasions)
- The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]
- The metal surface showed signs of abrasion after years of use.
- An act of abrasiveness.
- (obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
- (geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
- An abraded, scraped, or worn area. [First attested in the mid 20th century.][1]
- (medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. [First attested in the mid 20th century.][1]
- The doctor cleaned the small skin abrasion on her knee.
- (dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:injury
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]act of abrading
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substance rubbed off
geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock
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abraded, scraped, or worn area
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medicine: superficial wound
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abrasion”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Medieval Latin abrasiōnem (“a scraping”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abrasion f (plural abrasions)
Further reading
[edit]- “abrasion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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