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Webster 1913 Edition


Denudation

Denˊu-da′tion

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[L.
denudatio
: cf. F.
dénudation
.]
1.
The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
2.
(Geol.)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Denudation

DENUDATION

,
Noun.
1.
The act of stripping off covering; a making bare.
2.
In geology, the act of washing away the surface of the earth by the deluge or other flood.

Definition 2024


denudation

denudation

English

Noun

denudation (countable and uncountable, plural denudations)

  1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
  2. (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.

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