English-Finnish translations for erosion

• eroosio
  On estettävä eroosio ja metsien kuoleminen. We must prevent erosion and further deforestation.
  Eroosio vaikuttaa 12 prosenttiin EU:n maaperästä. Twelve per cent of soils in the EU are affected by erosion.
  Eroosio on suuri ongelma, mutta ei välttämättä Euroopan unionissa. Erosion is a big problem, but not necessarily in the European Union.
• kuluminen
• syöpyminen

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