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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. erosion by friction;
[syn: abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition]

2. the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice;
[syn: grinding, abrasion, attrition, detrition]

3. effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure;
[syn: friction, detrition, rubbing]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Detrition \De*tri"tion\, n. [LL. detritio. See Detriment.] A wearing off or away. [1913 Webster] Phonograms which by process long-continued detrition have reached a step of extreme simplicity. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

detrition n 1: erosion by friction [syn: abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition] 2: the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice [syn: grinding, abrasion, attrition, detrition] 3: effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure [syn: friction, detrition, rubbing]