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Definitions: Abrasion |
AbrasionNoun1. An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off. 2. Erosion by friction. 3. The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "abrasion" was first used: 1656. (references) |
Etymology: Abrasion \Ab*ra"sion\, noun. [Latin expression abrasio, from abradere. See Abrade.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | The wearing away by friction. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | The loss of mass of sediment particles transported in flowing water, due to friction against other particles or the river bed. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The wearing of a surface by the mechanical action between solids. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Health | 1. the wearing away of a substance or structure (such as the skin or the teeth) through some unusual or abnormal mechanical process. 2. an area of body surface denuded of skin or mucous membrane by some unusual or abnormal mechanical process. (references) |
Metallurgy | Severe wear under the action of a hard solid or of hard particles. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military | In photography, a scratch or mark produced mechanically on an emulsion surface or film base. (references) |
Mining | A. The mechanical wearing away of rock surfaces by friction and impact of rock particles transported by wind, ice, waves, running water, or gravity. Syn:corrasion b. The wearing away of diamonds, drill-bit matrices, and drill-stem equipment by frictional contact with the rock material penetrated or by contact with the cuttings produced by the action of the drill bit indrilling a borehole. (references) |
Physics | The wearing away of any part of a material by rubbing against another surface. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: AbrasionSynonyms: attrition (n), corrasion (n), detrition (n), excoriation (n), grinding (n), scrape (n), scratch (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Friction | Noun: friction, attrition; rubbing, abrasion, scraping. Verb: confrication, detrition, contrition, affriction, abrasion, arrosion, limature, frication, rub; elbow grease; rosin; massage; roughness . |
Nonaddition Subtraction | Noun: subtraction, subduction; deduction, retrenchment; removal, withdrawal; ablation, sublation; abstraction; (taking); garbling; Verb: mutilation, detruncation; amputation; abscission, excision, recision; curtailment; minuend, subtrahend; decrease; abrasion. |
Pulverulence | Pulverization, comminution, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction, contusion, trituration, levigation, abrasion, detrition, multure; limitation; tripsis; filing .Verb:. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | One net out while a second net remains on the real during trawling operations. Yellow fringe lines on cod end of net on reel is chaffing gear that protects cod end from abrasion on bottom.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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| "Abrasion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Abrasion" is used about 69 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 69 | 40,280 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "abrasion": abrasion drill ♦ abrasion mark ♦ abrasion of coin ♦ abrasion of the skin ♦ abrasion resistance ♦ abrasion testing ♦ resistance to abrasion ♦ Tooth Abrasion. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "abrasion": abrasion-resistant. | |
Ending with "abrasion": Hi-abrasion. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
abrasion | 55 |
corneal abrasion | 45 |
abrasion pipe resistant | 32 |
microderm abrasion | 29 |
abrasion resistant coating | 16 |
skin abrasion | 13 |
tooth abrasion | 12 |
abrasion resistance | 10 |
air abrasion | 8 |
abrasion air also called cavity kinetic microabrasion | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "abrasion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zmerilim, të lëmuarit, të konsumuarit, pastrim (abstersion, clarification, clean, cleaning, cleanup, clearance, defecation, depuration, lustration, mopping, purge, purification, rectification, refinement, refining, scour, scouring, scrub, scrub up, sweep), gërryerje (caries, chew, corrosion, denudation, depreciation, detrition, erosion, weathering), friksion (attrition, clutch). (various references) | |
Arabic | كشط (abrade, graze, grazing, robbing, rub off, scrape, scraping, scratch of, shave), منطقة من الغشاء المخاطى بها سحج, منطقة من الجلد بها سحج, حك (abrade, friction, itch, paw, polish, rasp, rub, sand, scrabble, scrape, scraping, scrubbing), تآكل (attrition, corrode, corrosion, erode, erosion, gnaw, wear out), سحج (shave), خدش (claw, graze, mark, rake, scarify, score, scotch, scrape, scratch, scratch off), السحجة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | шлифовка (polish), кюртаж, ожулено място (chafe, graze, raw, scrape), абразия, абразио, изтъркване (attrition, detrition, fraying, scour, scrub, wear), изтъргване, изтриване (defacement, erasure, obliteration, wipe), износване (fatigue, runout, waste, wear, wear and tear). (various references) | |
Chinese | 鎰 (gold-20 taels in weight), 磨蚀 (Abrade, Abraded, Abrading, Abrasive). (various references) | |
Czech | otìr (attrition), odřenina (raw, scrape), odìrka, obrušování, eroze (erosion). (various references) | |
Danish | ridse (bruised, groove, score, scratch, scribing, sleek, stripe), abrasio (excoriation). (various references) | |
Dutch | abrasie (removal), ontvelling (excoriation, scratch), afschaving. (various references) | |
Esperanto | skrapvundo (scratch), raboto. (various references) | |
Farsi | سایش (Erosion, Friction, Grind, Scrub), ساءیدگی (Attrition, Chafe, Erosion, Gall), خراش (Attrition, Graze, Irritation, Rift, Scotch, Scrape, Scuff). (various references) | |
Finnish | abrasiivikuluminen, abraasio, kuluminen (deterioration, wear, weathering), hiontakuluminen. (various references) | |
French | abrasion, éraflure. (various references) | |
Frisian | skram (scratch). (various references) | |
German | Abreibung (attrition, beating, beating up, friction, rub down, rubbing, rubdown, thrashing, walloping), Schürfwunde (excoriation, graze), Abrasion (curettage, curettement, graze), Abnützung (waer, wear). (various references) | |
Greek | απόξεση (brushing, curettage, curettage of the uterus, curetting, excision, removal, scooping, scrape, scraping, sliming, uterine abrasion), φθορά (attrition, corruption, decay, degradation, deterioration, spoilage, spoiling, tret, wastage, waste, wear, wear and tear, wearing), εκτριβή (abrading), εκδορά (excoriation, flaying, pelting), λείανση (brightening, glazing, grinding, grooving, lapping, sleeking, slice lapping, slicking, smoothing), αμυχή (scarification, scotch, scratch), τριβή (abrading, attrition, frazzle, friction, rubbing, wear). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שפשוף (grinding, rubbing, wearing out), שחיק" (burnout, erosion, grating, grinding, pounding, rubbing, wear), 'רי"" (curettage, scraping, scratching). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kopás (ageing, aging, chafing, deterioration, fraying, rubbing down, waste, wear), morzsolódás. (various references) | |
Indonesian | luka goresan, lecet (blister (on foot, chafed), kikisan. (various references) | |
Italian | abrasione (excoriation, graze, removal), escoriazione (excoriation, graze). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 磨耗 (wear), 磨滅 (crushing of a nerve, defacement, wear and tear). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すりきず (graze, marring caused by rubbing, scratch), しょうま (wearing out), まそ" (friction loss, wear and tear), まめつ (crushing of a nerve, defacement, wear and tear), まもう (wear), さっかしょう (scratch), じょう"" (linear mark, scratch, streak). (various references) | |
Korean | 마포. (various references) | |
Manx | screebey (abrade, chafe, claw, dress, friction, grate, graze, itch, rasp, scrape, scrape along, scraping, scratch, scrawl, scuffle, stridulate, striking), screeb (scolding, score, scrape, scratch). (various references) | |
Papiamen | huñá (scratch). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abrasionay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | abrasão (attrition, decortication, removal), escoriação (chafe, excoriation, excrement, gall, raw, rawness). (various references) | |
Romanian | abraziune, roadere (erosion, gnawing), rãzuire (rasping, scrape, scraping, scratch), frecare (contusion, friction, rub, rubbing, scrape). (various references) | |
Russian | снашивание (abrasions). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | abrazija, izjedenost, istrto mesto. (various references) | |
Spanish | abrasión (decortication, graze, removal), erosión (deflation, disintegration, erosion, pitting, scour, weathering). (various references) | |
Swedish | avskavning, abrasion. (various references) | |
Turkish | aşınmış kısım, aşınma sonucu kopan parçalar, aşınma (amortization, attrition, corrosion, detrital, detrition, dilapidation, erosion, fret, wear), aşındırma (attrition, corrosion, denudation, erosion), yenme (fret), yıpranma (attrition, corrosion, fraying, frazzle, wear), sıyrık (flesh wound, gall, graze, rawness, scar, scrape, scratch), sıyırma (glance, graze). (various references) | |
Turkmen | dyrnaзak (scratch). (various references) | |
Ukranian | стирання (abrading, attrition, defacement, deletion, effacement, erasement, erasure, obliteration, rub), садно (chafe, chap, galling, raw, rawness), тертя (attrition, chafing, fret, friction, rub, rubbing). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự cọ xơ ra. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adtritum, adtritus. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | abrasionem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "abrasion": abrasions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "abrasion": dermabrasion. (additional references) | |
Words containing "abrasion": dermabrasions. (additional references) | |
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"Abrasion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abbrasion, Abramsohn, Abreskov, adrelion, aerasion, Arason, aristion, Arsakov, Balasoiu, Barisano, Bartasiena. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "abrasion" (pronounced ubrā"zhun) |
| 4 | -ā" zh u n | equation, evasion, invasion, occasion, persuasion, suasion. |
| 3 | -zh u n | allusion, aspersion, aversion, circumcision, cohesion, collision, collusion, conclusion, confusion, contusion, conversion, corrosion, decision, delusion, derision, diffusion, disillusion, dispersion, diversion, division, envision, erosion, excision, exclusion, excursion, explosion, extrusion, fusion, illusion, immersion, implosion, incision, inclusion, incursion, indecision, infusion, intrusion, inversion, lesion, misprision, occlusion, perversion, precision, preclusion, profusion, provision, recision, rescission, reversion, revision, seclusion, subdivision, submersion, subversion, supervision, television, transfusion, version, vision. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-i-n-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: abrosia. | |
-2 letters: arsino, bairns, barons, basion, bonsai, brains, isobar, nairas, norias, robins. | |
-3 letters: abris, airns, anoas, arias, arson, bairn, barns, baron, basin, bison, boars, boras, brain, brans, brins, brios, irons, nabis, naira, naris, noirs, noria, noris, obias, ornis, raias, rains, ranis, roans, robin, rosin, sabin, sabir, sabra, saran, sarin, sonar. | |
-4 letters: abas, abos, abri, ains, airn, airs, anas, anis, anoa, ansa, arbs, aria, baas, bani, bans, barn, bars, bias, bins, bios, boar, boas, bora, born, bran, bras, brin, brio, bris, bros, inro, ions, iron, isba, nabs, naoi, naos, nibs, nobs, noir, nori, oars, obia, obis, orbs, osar, raia, rain, rani, rias, ribs, rins, roan, robs, sain, sari, snib, snob, soar, sora, sorb, sori, sorn. | |
-5 letters: aas, aba, abo, abs, ain, air, ais, ana, ani, arb, ars, baa, ban, bar, bas, bin, bio, bis, boa, bos, bra, bro, ins, ion, nab, nib, nob, nor, nos, oar, obi, ons, ora, orb, ors, ran, ras, ria, rib, rin, rob, sab, sib, sin, sir, sob, son, sri. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-i-n-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: abrasions, arabinose. | |
+2 letters: arabinoses, carbanions, jaborandis. | |
+3 letters: aberrations, abjurations, abominators, aboriginals, abreactions, abrogations, abstraction, antibaryons, arabinoside, carabineros, laborsaving, nonabrasive, outbargains, subrational, trabeations. | |
+4 letters: absorbancies, abstractions, adumbrations, anaerobioses, anaerobiosis, approbations, arabinosides, arbitrations, bicarbonates, boardsailing, brachiations, broadcasting, calibrations, carbonations, debarkations, dermabrasion, elaborations, embarkations, fabrications, masturbation, radiocarbons, sailboarding, starboarding, subarachnoid, urbanisation. | |
+5 letters: abbreviations, abnormalities, abstractional, arborizations, boardsailings, contrabandist, contrabassist, dermabrasions, exacerbations, hebraizations, malabsorption, masturbations, microbalances, nonlibrarians, observational, procarbazines, reasonability, rhabdomancies, sailboardings, skateboarding, subsaturation, urbanisations, urbanizations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 72 61 73 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... .-. .- ... .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100010 01110010 01100001 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b r a s i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 0072 0061 0073 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3568846785758180 |
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