Definitions for Erosionɪˈroʊ ʒən Random House Webster's College
Dictionary the act or process of eroding. the state of being
eroded. the process by which the surface of the earth is worn
away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc. Origin
of erosion: 1535–45; < L ērōsiō. See erode , -tion erosion,
eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing away(noun) (geology) the
mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by
particles washing over it) condition in which the earth's
surface is worn away by the action of water and wind a gradual
decline of something "after the accounting scandal there was an
erosion of confidence in the auditors" corrosion, corroding,
erosion(noun) erosion by chemical action The result of having
been being worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the
sea on a cliff face The changing of a surface by mechanical
action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.
Destruction by abrasive action of fluids. One of two fundamental
operations in morphological