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for detrition
From The 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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
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]
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