Hypertext Webster Gateway: "detrition"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Detrition \De*tri"tion\, n. [LL. detritio. See {Detriment}.]
A wearing off or away.
Phonograms which by process long-continued detrition
have reached a step of extreme simplicity. --I. Taylor
(The
Alphabet).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
detrition
n 1: erosion by friction [syn: {abrasion}, {attrition}, {corrasion}]
2: the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water
or wind or ice [syn: {grinding}, {abrasion}, {attrition}]
3: effort expended in rubbing one object against another [syn:
{friction}, {rubbing}]
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