Image:Walking Tree at Lookout Point at Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.jpg|thumb|Effects of erosion.
English
Etymology
From L. erosio, "eating away", derived from erodere, possibly via erosionem and Middle French erosion.
The first known occurrence in English was in the 1541 translation by w:Robert Copland|Robert Copland of w:Guy de Chauliac|Guy de Chauliac's medical text w:The Questyonary of Cyrurygens|The Questyonary of Cyrurygens. Copland used erosion to describe how ulcers developed in the mouth. By 1774 'erosion' was used outside medical subjects. w:Oliver Goldsmith|Oliver Goldsmith employed the term in the more contemporary geological context, in his book Natural History, with the quote
:"Bounds are thus put to the erosion of the earth by water."
Pronunciation
IPA|��ɹo����n
Noun
en-noun
wikipedia
- context|uncountable The result of having been being worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face
- context|uncountable The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion or contraction, or impact.
- context|uncountable Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.
- mathematics|image processing One of two fundamental operations in w:morphological image processing|morphological image processing from which all other morphological operations are derived.
- dentistry Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.
- medicine A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.
Translations
trans-top|the result of having being eroded
Bosnian: t-|bs|erozija|f
trans-mid
Croatian: t+|hr|erozija|f
Korean: �� (busik)
trans-bottom
trans-top|the changing of a surface by mechanical action
Bosnian: t-|bs|erozija|f
trans-mid
Croatian: t+|hr|erozija|f
trans-bottom
trans-top|destruction by abrasive action of fluids
Bosnian: t-|bs|erozija|f
trans-mid
Croatian: t+|hr|erozija|f
trans-bottom
Derived terms
erosive
erosional
sheet erosion
splash erosion
ar:erosion
fr:erosion
io:erosion
id:erosion
it:erosion
pl:erosion
ru:erosion
simple:erosion
fi:erosion
te:erosion
vi:erosion
tr:erosion
zh:erosion
| 
