pitting
pitting noun: the formation of pits on a surface because of corrosion. Also the present participle and gerund of pit.
Noun
pitting (countable and uncountable, plural pittings)
- The formation of pits on a surface because of corrosion.
- Hall found the immediate cause at Rickerscote to have been the complete fracture of an axle on STS 53241, the freight train's ninth wagon. The fracture had been caused by fatigue initiated by corrosion pitting on the axle surface.2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 51
- The digging of a pit.
- Test pittings were carried out prior to the main excavation.
Also used as
pitting is also the present participle and gerund of pit.
pitting meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
pitting in Hindi
- पिटिंग, पिटिंग करना
pitting in Marathi
- पिटिंग, पिटींग
pitting in Bengali
- পিটিং
pitting in Telugu
- పిట్టింగ్
More languagesFewer languages
- pitting in Malayalam
- പിറ്റിംഗ്
- pitting in Kannada
- ಪಿಟ್ಟಿಂಗ್
- pitting in Gujarati
- પિટિંગ
- pitting in Odia
- ପିଟିଂ, ପିଟ୍ କରିବା
- pitting in Nepali
- पिटिङ, पिटिंङ, पिटिंग
Examples of pitting in a sentence
- Steels used in salt water typically require a pitting resistance equivalent number of at least 40.
- The fracture had been caused by fatigue initiated by corrosion pitting on the axle surface.
- They are crossed by oblique crowded accremental striae, producing sublenticular pitting.
Forms of pitting
| plural | pittings |
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Words formed from pitting
Phrases with pitting
Questions about pitting
- What does pitting mean?
- Pitting means the formation of pits on a surface because of corrosion.
- What is pitting in Hindi?
- Pitting in Hindi is पिटिंग, पिटिंग करना. See Pitting meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pitting?
- Pitting is a noun.
- What is the plural of pitting?
- The plural of pitting is pittings.
Words near pitting in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pitting (page history and authors); pitting (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pitting (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pitting (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pitting (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pitting (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pitting (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pitting (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pitting (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pitting (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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