denudation

2 definitions found

denudation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Denudation \Den`u*da"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. denudatio: cf. F.
     d['e]nudation.]
     1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the
        surface; a making bare.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Geol.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of
        the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal
        of them by the action of running water.
        [1913 Webster]

denudation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  denudation
      n 1: the removal of covering [syn: denudation, stripping,
           uncovering, baring, husking]