Hypertext Webster Gateway: "corrosion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Corrosion \Cor*ro"sion\ (k?r-r?"zh?n), n. [LL. corrosio: cf. F.
corrosion. See {Corrode}.]
The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of
corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of
corrosion.
Corrosion is a particular species of dissolution of
bodies, either by an acid or a saline menstruum. --John
Quincy.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
corrosion
n 1: a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or
chemical action
2: erosion by chemical action [syn: {corroding}, {erosion}]
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