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Look up abrasion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Abrasion may refer to: Abrasion (dental), the loss of tooth structure by mechanical forces from a...

latter will face no wear. Abradable coatings provide a .1 to .2% performance improvement compared to those without coating. Abradable coatings are used in...

used to gently abrade away and shape the edges of fingernails and toenails An arranged collection of documents Filing (legal), submitting a document to the...

hard enough material to change the shape of rock but because the ice has rock embedded in the basal surface it can effectively abrade the bedrock. Most glacial...

Abradable Powder Coatings (APC), also known as Additive/Abradable Powder Coatings (AAPCs), are a class of abradable materials that are applied using standard...

compounds. After the concrete is sufficiently cured, the film is allowed to abrade from the concrete through normal use. Traditional conditions for curing...

dependent upon how much matter is to be removed. It is used on automotive paintwork to cut through (abrade) oxidised paint or to polish out scratches in the...

 1. US: Addison-Wesley. pp. 2–8. ISBN 978-0-201-02116-5. L'Annunziata M, Abrade M (2003). Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis. Academic Press. p. 58....

under stresses induced by its weight. As it moves, it abrades rock and debris from its substrate to create landforms such as cirques, moraines, or fjords...

the wires in the winding from vibrating against each other which would abrade the wire insulation and cause premature failures. Resin-packed motors, used...

which the teeth migrate forward depends on how quickly the anterior teeth abrade. Some studies indicate that the rate is about 1 cm/month although other...

mouthparts which do not pierce the skin, but are adapted to feeding on the surface, where the mites abrade the stratum corneum. See Mites of livestock for photographs...

and stalactites. Coquina is a poorly consolidated limestone composed of abraded pieces of coral, shells, or other fossil debris. When better consolidated...

Hadfield) or manganese steel contains 12–14% manganese which, when abraded, strain-hardens to form a very hard skin which resists wearing. Uses of this particular...

furthering the process of glaciation. Debris (or till) in the ice also may abrade the bed surface; should ice move down a slope it would have a 'sandpaper...

their influence, the sand and shingle on the beach is ground together and abraded. Around high tide, the power of a storm wave impacting on the foot of a...

(1979) categorized self-mutilators into nine groups: cutting, biting, abrading, severing, inserting, burning, ingesting or inhaling, hitting, and constricting...

conchiolin. The periostracum is secreted by the outer mantle and is easily abraded. The outer surface of the valves is often sculpted, with clams often having...

able to cut into and abrade tissues of their prey. There are further stylets on the maxillae, adapted as tubular canals to inject saliva and to extract...

atmosphere. As layers of the meteoroid abrade and ionize, the colour of the light emitted may change according to the layering of minerals. Colours of meteors...