Hypertext Webster Gateway: "denudation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Denudation \Den`u*da"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. denudatio: cf. F.
d['e]nudation.]
1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the
surface; a making bare.
2. (Geol.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of
the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal
of them by the action of running water.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
denudation
n : the removal of covering [syn: {stripping}, {uncovering}, {baring},
{husking}]
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