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Webster 1913 Edition

Corrosion

Cor-ro′sion

(k?r-r?′zh?n)
,
Noun.
[LL.
corrosio
: cf. F.
corrosion
. See
Corrode
.]
The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change;
as, the rusting of iron is a variety of
corrosion
.
Corrosion
is a particular species of dissolution of bodies, either by an acid or a saline menstruum.
John Quincy.

Webster 1828 Edition

Corrosion

CORROSION

,
Noun.
s as z. From corrode. The action of eating or wearing away by slow degrees, as by the action of acids on metals, by which the substance is gradually changed. This is effected by the affinity of the menstruum with the component parts of the substance, in consequence of which the two substances unite and form new combinations.

Definition 2024

corrosión

corrosión

See also: corrosion

Spanish

Noun

corrosión f ‎(plural corrosiones)

  1. corrosion

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Etymology

From Latin corrosum, supine of corrodere.

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