Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abrasion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abrasion \Ab*ra"sion\, n. [L. abrasio, fr. abradere. See
{Abrade}.]
1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing
away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
2. The substance rubbed off. --Berkeley.
3. (Med.) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance
under the form of small shreds. --Dunglison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abrasion
n 1: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off [syn: {scratch},
{scrape}, {excoriation}]
2: erosion by friction [syn: {attrition}, {corrasion}, {detrition}]
3: the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water
or wind or ice [syn: {grinding}, {attrition}, {detrition}]
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