"weathering" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: weatherings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English wederyng, equivalent to weather + -ing. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|wederyng}} Middle English wederyng, {{af|en|weather|-ing}} weather + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} weathering (countable and uncountable, plural weatherings)
  1. (obsolete) Weather, especially favourable or fair weather. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-weathering-en-noun-uEBKJ4QD
  2. (geology) Mechanical or chemical breaking down of rocks in situ by weather or other causes. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology Translations (breaking down of rocks): ерозия (erozija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), forvitring [common-gender] (Danish), verwering [feminine] (Dutch), rapautuminen (Finnish), météorisation [feminine] (French), Verwitterung [feminine] (German), mállás (Hungarian), veðrun (Icelandic), pelapukan (Indonesian), erosione [feminine] (Italian), 風化 (fūka) (Japanese), ngawheretanga (Maori), forvitring [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forvitring [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wietrzenie [neuter] (Polish), intemperismo [masculine] (Portuguese), выве́тривание (vyvétrivanije) [neuter] (Russian), meteorización [feminine] (Spanish), vittring [common-gender] (Swedish), sapanhon (Tagalog), hava (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-weathering-en-noun-8K8qQ2qT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 45 46 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 42 49 3 4 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'breaking down of rocks': 2 75 20 3
  3. (architecture) A slight inclination given to an approximately horizontal surface to enable it to throw off water. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Architecture Translations (architecture: slight inclination): kaato (Finnish)
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  4. The action of weather on objects exposed to it. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-weathering-en-noun-BH7Vde-M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: space weathering, weathering pan, weathering steel

Verb

Etymology: From Middle English wederyng, equivalent to weather + -ing. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|wederyng}} Middle English wederyng, {{af|en|weather|-ing}} weather + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} weathering
  1. present participle and gerund of weather Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: weather
    Sense id: en-weathering-en-verb-nc31Lh7-

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1965, Lawrence Martin, The Physical Geography of Wisconsin, Univ of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 217:",
          "text": "At that point the cuesta is 10 miles wide but the hilltops have an eastward descent of only about 62 feet. In its general eastward slope the surface of the cuesta is exactly that of one made by weathering and stream erosion, acting upon a gently-dipping limestone bed in a region never glaciated.",
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          "ref": "1997 August 15, John N. Christensen et al., “Climate and Ocean Dynamics and the Lead Isotopic Records in Pacific Ferromanganese Crusts”, in Science, volume 277, number 5328, →DOI, pages 913–918:",
          "text": "Furthermore, changes in continental weathering and riverine contributions to the oceans may also be linked with climate, and hydrothermal inputs vary with tectonism.",
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        "Mechanical or chemical breaking down of rocks in situ by weather or other causes."
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        "A slight inclination given to an approximately horizontal surface to enable it to throw off water."
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        "(architecture) A slight inclination given to an approximately horizontal surface to enable it to throw off water."
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      "sense": "breaking down of rocks",
      "word": "rapautuminen"
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      "word": "mállás"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "breaking down of rocks",
      "word": "veðrun"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "breaking down of rocks",
      "word": "pelapukan"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "breaking down of rocks",
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      "word": "erosione"
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      "word": "風化"
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      "word": "ngawheretanga"
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      "sense": "breaking down of rocks",
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      "word": "intemperismo"
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      "sense": "breaking down of rocks",
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      "word": "vittring"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "breaking down of rocks",
      "word": "sapanhon"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "breaking down of rocks",
      "word": "hava"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "architecture: slight inclination",
      "word": "kaato"
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