Attrition
nounid
5833·updated May 18, 2026verified
the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
polysemous
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Entity Type
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- abrasioncontritenesscontritioncorrasiondetritiongrinding
- plural
- Attritions
- possessive
- Attrition's
- pluralpossessive
- Attritions'
Framework definitions
- §1
- the act of rubbing together
- §2
- a wearing down to weaken or destroy
- §3
- sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
- §4
- the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
- §5
- erosion by friction
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