circumdenudation

1 definition found

circumdenudation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Circumdenudation \Cir`cum*den`u*da"tion\, n. [Pref. circum- +
     denudation.] (Geol.)
     Denudation around or in the neighborhood of an object.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Hills of circumdenudation, hills which have been produced
        by surface erosion; the elevations which have been left,
        after denudation of a mass of high ground. --Jukes.
        [1913 Webster]