abrasion

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See also: Abrasion, abrasión, and abrașiôn

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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.

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  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɹeɪ.ʒn̩/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʒən

Noun[edit]

abrasion (countable and uncountable, plural abrasions)

  1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]
  2. (obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
  3. (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]
  4. An abraded, scraped, or worn area. [First attested in the mid 20th century.][1]
  5. (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]
  6. (dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.

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  1. 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.

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin abrasiōnem (a scraping).

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abrasion f (plural abrasions)

  1. abrasion

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