depletion
/dɪˈpliːʃən/
depletion noun: the act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
Noun
depletion (countable and uncountable, plural depletions)
- The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
- The Great Northern 4-4-0s have all vanished, and there has been some depletion in the ranks of North British "Glens" and "Scotts."1954 May, John W. Grant, “A Railway Requiem”, in Railway Magazine, page 351
- The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
- The act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence.
- gradual expense or use of natural resources over time.
depletion meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Malay and Indonesian
depletion in Tamil
- குறைதல், இரத்த இழப்பு, குருதி இழப்புக் களைப்பு
depletion in Malayalam
- depletion
- ശോഷം śōṣaṁ
depletion in Malay
- gradual expense or use of natural resources over time
- susutan
depletion in Indonesian
- gradual expense or use of natural resources over time
- deplesi
Forms of depletion
| plural | depletions |
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Origin of depletion
Borrowed from Latin depletio, depletionem, from depleō.
Words formed from depletion
- allodepletion
- codepletion
- depletional
- haplodepletion
- hemodepletion
- hyperdepletion
- immunodepletion
- leucodepletion
- leukodepletion
- lymphodepletion
- magnetodepletion
- mucodepletion
- myelodepletion
- nondepletion
- oxygen depletion
- photodepletion
- ribodepletion
- stimulated emission depletion microscope
- stimulated emission depletion microscopy
Phrases with depletion
Questions about depletion
- What does depletion mean?
- Depletion means the act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
- What is depletion in Tamil?
- Depletion in Tamil is குறைதல், இரத்த இழப்பு, குருதி இழப்புக் களைப்பு. See Depletion meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is depletion?
- Depletion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce depletion?
- Depletion is pronounced /dɪˈpliːʃən/.
- What is the plural of depletion?
- The plural of depletion is depletions.
Words near depletion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: depletion (page history and authors); depletion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ശോഷം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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