corrosion

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”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹəʊʒən/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹoʊʒən/

corrosion (countable and uncountable, plural corrosions)

1. The act of corroding or the condition so produced.
2. A substance (such as rust) so formed.
3. (physical chemistry) Erosion by chemical action, especially oxidation.
4. (by extension) The gradual destruction or undermining of something.

   the corrosion of values

• flash corrosion
• pitting corrosion

• corrosible

Borrowed from Late Latin corrōsiōnem (“gnawing away, corroding”), from Latin corrōdō (“gnaw away, corrode”).

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁɔ.zjɔ̃/

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corrosion f (plural corrosions)

1. corrosion

• “corrosion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Late Latin corrōsiōnem, from Latin corrōdō (“gnaw away, corrode”).

corrosion oblique singular, f (oblique plural corrosions, nominative singular corrosion, nominative plural corrosions)

1. 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