"denudation" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-denudation.wav Forms: denudations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle French dénudation, from Latin denudatio. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|dénudation}} Middle French dénudation, {{uder|en|la|denudatio}} Latin denudatio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} denudation (countable and uncountable, plural denudations)
  1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-denudation-en-noun-V~lWOZl7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 34 33
  2. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
    (medicine) The loss of the cellular covering of (the interior or exterior surface of an organ, etc.).
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-denudation-en-noun--T-I9Lcc Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 34 33 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-denudation-en-noun-xXhZaJEp Categories (other): Geology, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 34 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 34 33 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: circumdenudation Related terms: denudational, denudative

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