detrition

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detrition - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Detrition \De*tri"tion\, n. [LL. detritio. See Detriment.]
     A wearing off or away.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Phonograms which by process long-continued detrition
           have reached a step of extreme simplicity. --I. Taylor
                                                    (The
                                                    Alphabet).
     [1913 Webster]

detrition - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  detrition
      n 1: erosion by friction [syn: abrasion, attrition,
           corrasion, detrition]
      2: the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water
         or wind or ice [syn: grinding, abrasion, attrition,
         detrition]
      3: effort expended in moving one object over another with
         pressure [syn: friction, detrition, rubbing]