CORROSION

corrosion. Corrosion, n. the act of eating or wearing away

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Cor‐ro″sion (k?r–r?″zh?n), n. [[LL. corrosio: cf. F. corrosion. See Corrode.]] The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion. Corrosion is a particular species of dissolution of bodies, either by an acid or a saline menstruum. John Quincy.