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| erosion | |
| 1. sost. erosione | |
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| erosion | |
| 1. subst. The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face. |  |
| 2. subst. The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact. |  |
| 3. subst. (figurative) The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process. |  |
| the erosion of a person's trust |  |
| trademark erosion, caused by everyday use of the trademarked term |  |
| 4. subst. Destruction by abrasive action of fluids. |  |
| 5. subst. (mathematics, image processing) One of two fundamental operations in morphological image processing from which all other morphological operations are derived. |  |
| 6. subst. (dentistry) Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes. |  |
| 7. subst. (medicine) A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue. |  |
| 8. subst. (math) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊖); see Erosion (morphology). |  |