denudation
pronunciation
How to pronounce denudation in British English:
UK [ˌdi:nju:'deɪʃən]
How to pronounce denudation in American English:
US [ˌdɪnju'deɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- the removal of covering
Word Origin
- denudation (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French dénudation, from Latin denudationem (nominative denudatio), noun of action from past participle stem of denudare (see denude). Figurative use is from 1590s. In geology, from 1811.
Example
- 1. Thecooling rate and denudation rate decreased overall from north tosouth .
- 2. New type viruses appear continuously because the nature is revenged on humans for forest denudation .
- 3. Effects of rosiglitazone on expression of adiponectin and intimal proliferation after balloon endothelial denudation of iliac artery in rabbits .
- 4. Mengjue pass cave group is a large-scale lateral group developed by earlier rotational stream erosion on river bed and weathering denudation .
- 5. Erosion surfaces , denudation chronology and tectonics .