"corrosion" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəˈɹəʊʒən/ [UK], /kəˈɹoʊʒən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-corrosion.wav [Southern-England] Forms: corrosions [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|corrosioun}} Middle English corrosioun, {{der|en|fro|corrosion}} Old French corrosion, {{der|en|LL.|corrōsiōnem}} Late Latin corrōsiōnem, {{m|la|corrōsiō||gnawing away, corroding}} corrōsiō (“gnawing away, corroding”), {{der|en|la|corrōdō||gnaw away, corrode}} Latin corrōdō (“gnaw away, corrode”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} corrosion (countable and uncountable, plural corrosions)
  1. The act of corroding or the condition so produced. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The act of corroding): تَأَكُّل (taʔakkul) (Arabic), корозия (korozija) (Bulgarian), corrosió [feminine] (Catalan), korodado (Esperanto), syövytys (Finnish), corrosion [feminine] (French), corrosión [feminine] (Galician), კოროზია (ḳorozia) (Georgian), დაჟანგვა (dažangva) (Georgian), Korrosion (German), 𐌽𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌰 (nidwa) [feminine] (Gothic), διάβρωση (diávrosi) [feminine] (Greek), korrózió (Hungarian), corrosione [feminine] (Italian), ലോഹനാശനം (lōhanāśanaṁ) (Malayalam), korrosjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), korrosjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), korodowanie [neuter] (Polish), corrosão [feminine] (Portuguese), коррозия (korrozija) [feminine] (Russian), corrosión [feminine] (Spanish), frätning [common-gender] (Swedish), korrosion [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-corrosion-en-noun-TmhJ0uQq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 35 28 3 Disambiguation of 'The act of corroding': 92 4 2 2
  2. A substance (such as rust) so formed. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-corrosion-en-noun-igWueQO7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 35 28 3
  3. (physical chemistry) Erosion by chemical action, especially oxidation. Tags: countable, physical, uncountable Categories (topical): Physical chemistry, Chemical reactions, Oxygen Translations (Erosion by chemical action): разяждане (razjaždane) (Bulgarian), corrosió [feminine] (Catalan), 腐蝕 (Chinese Mandarin), 腐蚀 (fǔshí) (Chinese Mandarin), koroze [feminine] (Czech), syöpyminen (Finnish), korroosio (Finnish), corrosion [feminine] (French), კოროზია (ḳorozia) (Georgian), დაჟანგვა (dažangva) (Georgian), διάβρωση (diávrosi) [feminine] (Greek), korrózió (Hungarian), corrosione [feminine] (Italian), 腐食 (fushoku) (alt: ふしょく) (Japanese), жегіде (jegıde) (Kazakh), 부식 (busik) (alt: 腐蝕) (Korean), korrosjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), korrosjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), korozja [feminine] (Polish), corrosão [feminine] (Portuguese), corrosión [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-corrosion-en-noun-K4YmO0AQ Disambiguation of Chemical reactions: 20 25 52 3 Disambiguation of Oxygen: 13 30 54 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 35 28 3 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'Erosion by chemical action': 0 1 96 2
  4. (by extension) The gradual destruction or undermining of something. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Translations (The gradual destruction or undermining of something): разлагане (razlagane) (Bulgarian), corrosió [feminine] (Catalan), nakertaminen (Finnish), horjuttaminen (Finnish), διάβρωση (diávrosi) [feminine] (Greek), φθορά (fthorá) [feminine] (Greek), αποσάθρωση (aposáthrosi) [feminine] (Greek), korrózió (Hungarian), corrosão [feminine] (Portuguese), क्षय (kṣaya) [masculine] (Sanskrit), corrosión [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-corrosion-en-noun-BX-jkEyq Disambiguation of 'The gradual destruction or undermining of something': 0 1 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flash corrosion, pitting corrosion Related terms: corrosible

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "fthorá",
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          "word": "φθορά"
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          "roman": "aposáthrosi",
          "sense": "The gradual destruction or undermining of something",
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      "sense": "The act of corroding",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "Erosion by chemical action",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "Erosion by chemical action",
      "word": "კოროზია"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "Erosion by chemical action",
      "word": "დაჟანგვა"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "Erosion by chemical action",
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      "word": "腐食"
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      "sense": "Erosion by chemical action",
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      "word": "부식"
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      "sense": "Erosion by chemical action",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "Erosion by chemical action",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "corrosão"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "Erosion by chemical action",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "razlagane",
      "sense": "The gradual destruction or undermining of something",
      "word": "разлагане"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "The gradual destruction or undermining of something",
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      "word": "corrosió"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "The gradual destruction or undermining of something",
      "word": "nakertaminen"
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    {
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The gradual destruction or undermining of something",
      "word": "horjuttaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "diávrosi",
      "sense": "The gradual destruction or undermining of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "διάβρωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fthorá",
      "sense": "The gradual destruction or undermining of something",
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "aposáthrosi",
      "sense": "The gradual destruction or undermining of something",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "The gradual destruction or undermining of something",
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      "word": "corrosão"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "kṣaya",
      "sense": "The gradual destruction or undermining of something",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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