corrasion

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corrasion - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Corrasion \Cor*ra"sion\ (k?r-r?"zh?n), n. [See Corrade.]
     (Geol.)
     The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water,
     principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the
     stream, but also by the solvent action of the water.
     [1913 Webster]

corrasion - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  corrasion
      n 1: erosion by friction [syn: abrasion, attrition,
           corrasion, detrition]