erosions

Noun

erosion (countable and uncountable, plural erosions)

1. (uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
   • Father Ted: The cliffs were gone? How could they just disappear?
     Dougal: Erosion.1995, Graham Linehan & al., "Good Luck, Father Ted", Father Ted Series 1, Episode 1, Channel Four
2. (uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.
3. (figuratively, uncountable) The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process.
   • the erosion of a person's trust
4. (uncountable) Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.
5. (image processing) One of two fundamental operations in morphological image processing from which all other morphological operations are derived.
6. Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.

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