English-Dutch translations for erosion

• erosie
  Twaalf procent van de bodems in de EU zijn aangetast door erosie. Twelve per cent of soils in the EU are affected by erosion.
  Erosie is een groot probleem, maar niet persé in de Europese Unie. Erosion is a big problem, but not necessarily in the European Union.
  Erosie en verdere ontbossing moeten worden voorkomen. We must prevent erosion and further deforestation.

Definition of erosion

• The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face
• The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact
• Destruction by abrasive action of fluids
• Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes
• In morphology, a basic operation ; see

Examples

• the erosion of a persons trust
• trademark erosion, caused by everyday use of the trademarked term

Related words

• antierosion
• phonetic erosion
• dune erosion
• eolian erosion
• soil erosion
• castal erosion
• wind erosion