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Definition: Exfoliation |
ExfoliationNoun1. The peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin; "exfoliation is increased by sunburn". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Exfoliation \Ex*fo`li*a"tion\, noun. [Compare to the French expression exfoliation.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Building & Civil Engineering | A type of disintegration of concrete consisting of a splitting of thin sheets of concrete at either edge or surface. A common form appears at the edge either vertical or horizontal, where two exposed surfaces meet. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | A falling off in scales or layers. (references) |
Metallurgy | The cracking off of thin layers or laminae from the surface of a metal. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The process by which concentric scales, plates, or shells of rock, from less than a centimeter to several meters in thickness, are successively spalled or stripped from the bare surface of a large rock mass. It is caused by physical or chemical forces producing differential stresses within the rock, as by expansion of minerals as a result of near-surface chemical weathering, or by the release of confining pressure of a once deeply buried rock as it is brought nearer to the surface by erosion. It often results in a rounded rock mass or dome-shaped hill. CF:spheroidal weathering; spheroidal parting. Syn:spalling; scaling; sheeting; sheet jointing b. The property of some silicate minerals, e.g., vermiculite, or rocks, e.g., perlite, to expand permanently when heated to form an irregular orvesicular structure. CF:intumescence e.g., vermiculite, or rocks, e.g., perlite, to expand permanently when heated to form an irregular orvesicular structure. CF:intumescence. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Divestment | Nudity; bareness; Adjective: undress; dishabille; the altogether; nudation, denudation; decortication, depilation, excoriation, desquamation; molting; exfoliation; trichosis. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Exfoliation |
| English words defined with "exfoliation": Exfoliative ♦ Powder down, Powder-down feather. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "exfoliation": capsular glaucoma ♦ Dermatitis, Seborrheic. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Exfoliation" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (exfoliation). |
| "Exfoliation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Exfoliation" is used about 12 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% | 12 | 101,599 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "exfoliation": Exfoliation Syndrome ♦ Tooth Exfoliation. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
exfoliation | 36 |
denver exfoliation | 16 |
skin exfoliation product | 13 |
skin exfoliation | 11 |
butter exfoliation salt scrub sea shea | 3 |
exfoliation firmer looking skin skin skin skin soft tone uva uvb wrinkle younger | 3 |
cloisite exfoliation | 3 |
body exfoliation | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "exfoliation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shtresim (stratification), lulëzim (bloom, blooming, blossoming, blow, blowing, efflorescence, florescence, flourish, flower, flowering, heyday, inflorescence, meridian, pride, prime, prosperity, thrift). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تقشير (peeling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разслояване (lamination, sheeting), разлистване (flushing, foliation), олющване, обелване (excoriation, paring, peeling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | loupání. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | exfoliation (desquamation, peeling, scaling), exfoliatio, skællen (desquamation, peeling, scaling), desquamering (desquamation, peeling, scaling), desquamation (desquamation, peeling, scaling), desquamatio (desquamation, peeling, scaling), deskvamation (desquamation, peeling, scaling), afskalning (abrasion, decortication, desquamation, dodder elimination, eliminating dodder, flaking, hulling, husking, peeling, pitting, popping, scaling, shelling, undermining), afskafning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | exfoliatie, schilfering (desquamation, peeling, scaling), desquamatio (desquamation, peeling, scaling), desquamatie (desquamation, peeling, scaling), defurfuratio (desquamation, peeling, scaling), afschilfering (desquamation, peeling, scaling), afbladdering (scabbing), afbladderen (chipping, flake off, flaking, peel off, scale off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | suomuhilseily, lehteily, kuoriutumishilseily, hilseily (chipping, desquamation, flaking, peeling, scaling, the degree of corrosion is determined by weighing before and after the oxide scale has blistered off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | exfoliation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Exfoliation (desquamation, peeling, scaling), Exfoliatio (desquamation, peeling, scaling), Squamosis latens (desquamation, peeling, scaling), Schuppung (desquamation, peeling, scaling), Schichtablösung, Desquamation (desquamation, peeling, scaling), Desquamatio (desquamation, peeling, scaling), Defurfuratio (desquamation, peeling, scaling), Abschuppung (desquamation, peeling, scaling), Abschilferung (desquamation, peeling, scaling), Abblaettern (scaling), Abblättern (flake, flake off, flaking, Peel, peel off, scale, to flake(off), to spall). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αποφύλλισις, αποφολίδωσις (desquamation, peeling, scaling), απολέπισις (desquamation, peeling, scaling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "שר" (casting off, dropping off, fall). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lehámlás (scaling), szétrepedés (bursting, cracking, fragmentation), széthasadás (cracking), pikkelyképződés, pikkelyes réteg, pikkelyes anyag, levált réteg, levált anyag, lepattogzás (crack, cracking, pitting, spalling), lemezes bőrlehámlás, hámló bőrfelület, felhólyagosodott felület. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengelupasan kulit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | esfoliazione (desquamation, peeling, scaling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scaaillaghey (flake). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | exfoliationay esfoliar-se, esfoliaçaõ, esfoliação (desquamation, exhalation, peeling, scaling), esfoliação (shedding of cells), descamação (chipping, desquamation, flaking, peeling, scaling). (various references) экфолиация, слущивание, отслоение, отслаивание (peeling). (various references) skidanje lišća. (various references) exfoliación (flaking, sheet splitting, splitting). (various references) avbladning. (various references) pul pul dökülme. (various references) відшаровування, лущення (shelling). (various references) sự róc xương mảng tróc, mảng róc. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "exfoliation": exfoliations. (additional references) | |
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"Exfoliation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: exfloitation, exfoliacion, reaffiliation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "exfoliation" (pronounced eksfō'lēā"shun) |
| 8 | -f ō' l ē ā" sh u n | foliation. |
| 6 | -l ē ā" sh u n | affiliation, conciliation, humiliation, nucleation, reconciliation, retaliation. |
| 5 | -ē ā" sh u n | abbreviation, alleviation, appreciation, appropriation, association, aviation, creation, delineation, denunciation, depreciation, deviation, differentiation, dissociation, expatriation, expropriation, glaciation, initiation, irradiation, mediation, misappropriation, miscreation, negotiation, procreation, pronunciation, radiation, recreation, remediation, renegotiation, renunciation, repatriation, repudiation, substantiation, variation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, approbation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, dictation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remuneration, renationalization, renomination, renovation, reorganization, reparation, replication, representation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-i-l-n-o-o-t-x" | |
-2 letters: foliation. | |
-3 letters: antilife, fixation. | |
-4 letters: antefix, elation, exilian, filiate, flexion, foliate, foxtail, inflate, tinfoil, toenail. | |
-5 letters: alexin, entail, entoil, eolian, etalon, fetial, finale, finial, finite, fixate, flaxen, flooie, foetal, folate, fontal, footie, footle, iolite, latino, lotion, olefin, oolite, oxtail, talion, tenail, tineal, tolane, toxine, xenial. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-i-l-n-o-o-t-x" | |
+1 letter: exfoliations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 78 66 6F 6C 69 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -..- ..-. --- .-.. .. .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01111000 01100110 01101111 01101100 01101001 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E x f o l i a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0078 0066 006F 006C 0069 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3990728178756786758180 |
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