Definitionn. (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down
Last update: July 2, 2015
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The north-west part of it is a slate belt that has been much dissected by eroding streams, but the south-east part is a gently rolling belt of limestone to which occasionally a steep hill descends from the slate belt. [Please select]
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The storm waves of winter evidently wash against this bluff, eroding it away and destroying the forest, which is of the hemlock type, growing on the level above. [Please select]
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Amide powder, on the other hand, possesses the peculiarity of eroding very much less than any other powder with which I have experimented, its erosive power being only one-fourth of that of the other powders enumerated. [Please select]
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The silty soil preferred by the willow is scarce as both streams are actively eroding their channels. [Please select]
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