detrition : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: detrition	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detrition n erosion by friction [syn: abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition] the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice Synonym(s): grinding, abrasion, attrition, detrition effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure Synonym(s): friction, detrition, rubbing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detrition \Detri"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).