corrosion
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Corrosion damage on car body
See also: corrosión
English
Etymology
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
Noun
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
Related terms
Translations
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
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin corrōsiōnem (“gnawing away, corroding”), from Latin corrōdō (“gnaw away, corrode”).
Pronunciation
Noun
corrosion f (plural corrosions)
Further reading
- “corrosion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin corrōsiōnem, from Latin corrōdō (“gnaw away, corrode”).
Noun
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