erosion

The term erosion (from the Latin erodere , to remove), as a process of erosion , stands for:

Erosion (geology) , the natural removal of rock and soil by water, glaciers and wind
Soil erosion , removal of soil by wind and water in connection with land management by humans
Electrical erosion, electrical current erosion
Erosion wear, abrasive wear
Spark erosion , technical principle of the erosive manufacturing process
Profit erosion , reduction (removal) of company profit
Generosion , (biol.) Loss of genetic diversity within a species
Erosion (medicine) , a weeping, non-bleeding loss of substance from the skin or mucous membrane that only affects the epithelium
Erosion (dentistry) , the loss of hard tooth substance due to the effects of acids

in linguistics the loss of phonetic mass during grammaticalization, see grammaticalization # erosion
Erosion (image processing) , morphological process for segment reduction
Erosion (software architecture) , descriptive architecture design decisions that violate prescriptive architecture

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Erosion (band) , a former German thrash metal and hardcore punk band from Hamburg

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Wiktionary: Erosion - explanations of meanings, origins of words, synonyms, translations

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