denudation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French dénudation, from Latin denudatio.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]denudation (countable and uncountable, plural denudations)
- The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
- (geology) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.