corrosion
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See also: corrosión
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English corrosioun, from Old French corrosion, or its source, Late Latin corrōsiōnem, accusative singular of corrōsiō (“gnawing away, corroding”), from Latin corrōdō (“gnaw away, corrode”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]corrosion (countable and uncountable, plural corrosions)
- The act of corroding or the condition so produced.
- A substance (such as rust) so formed.
- (physical chemistry) Erosion by chemical action, especially oxidation.
- (by extension) The gradual destruction or undermining of something.
- the corrosion of values
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]The act of corroding
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Erosion by chemical action
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The gradual destruction or undermining of something
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin corrōsiōnem (“gnawing away, corroding”), from Latin corrōdō (“gnaw away, corrode”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]corrosion f (plural corrosions)
Further reading
[edit]- “corrosion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin corrōsiōnem, from Latin corrōdō (“gnaw away, corrode”).
Noun
[edit]corrosion oblique singular, f (oblique plural corrosions, nominative singular corrosion, nominative plural corrosions)
- corrosion
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
- corrosion qui est du cartilage qui est entre les trous des nazilles
- corrosion which is of the cartilage between the wholes in the nostrils
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