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The removal of covering
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denudation
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Wikipedia
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In geology , denudation is the long-term sum of processes that cause the wearing away of the Earth’s surface by moving water, ice, wind and waves , leading to a reduction in elevation and relief of landforms and landscapes. Endogenous processes such as ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Middle French dénudation , from Latin denudationem (nominative denudatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of denudare (see denude ). Figurative use is from 1590s. In geology, from 1811.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Denudation \Den`u*da"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. denudatio: cf. F. d['e]nudation.] The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare. (Geol.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare. 2 (context geology English) 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.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the removal of covering [syn: stripping , uncovering , baring , husking ]
Usage examples of denudation.
Dupuytren speaks of denudation of the skin from a burn, with the subsequent development of vicarious catamenia from the seat of the injury.
On the vast lapse of time, as inferred from the rate of deposition and of denudation -- On the poorness of our palaeontological collections -- On the intermittence of geological formations -- On the absence of intermediate varieties in any one formation -- On the sudden appearance of groups of species -- On their sudden appearance in the lowest known fossiliferous strata.
If these most ancient beds had been wholly worn away by denudation, or obliterated by metamorphic action, we ought to find only small remnants of the formations next succeeding them in age, and these ought to be very generally in a metamorphosed condition.