What's the difference between corrasion and corrode?
Corrasion
Definition:
(n.) The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water.
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Corrode
Definition:
(v. t.) To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
(v. t.) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
(v. i.) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
Example Sentences:
(1) The anodic polarization profiles are presented, as well as scanning electron micrographs and x-ray analysis of the corroded amalgam surfaces.
(2) It has increased costs, jeopardized the delivery of necessary medical services, and corroded the physician-patient relationship with mistrust and poor morale.
(3) In some cases the deposits appear to be caused by pulsing the electrode with current, while in other cases the deposits are corroded or abraded from the electrode or are otherwise not associated with the neuroprosthetic functioning of the implant.
(4) The authors investigated two cryostimulation regimes: working temperature -70 degrees C, 10 points for 7 seconds on the borderline of the corroded area of the cornea, and working temperature of -160 degrees C, 10 points and four seconds on the limbus of the cornea.
(5) Of corroding bacilli, Bacteroides gracilis was detected in 23% of the infants, Wolinella spp.
(6) Fourteen strains of Eikenella corrodens isolated from human oral cavity were studied to determine corroding characteristics.
(7) Even in 1967, Israel's wisest voices saw that the occupation would steadily corrode Israeli society from the inside There is no shortage of evidence of that moral corruption.
(8) Scanning electron microscopy of these corroded casts was performed.
(9) "There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over" ... "Amen" from the crowd, " ... and men are no longer willing to be plunged into an abyss of injustice where they experience the bleakness of corroding despair ... " " Yes, Lord."
(10) All the amalgams corroded along the grain boundaries in the gamma 1 phase.
(11) These corroding bacilli were further divided into 3 species on the basis of DNA hybridization studies using radiolabeled DNA from 2 representative corroding bacilli.
(12) A numerical taxonomic study of 64 strains of anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli isolated from men with non-gonococcal urethritis, two unclassified laboratory strains of 'corroding bacilli', and 12 other strains of anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli, including nine received as anaerobic curved rods and three as 'Bacteroides corrodens' (B. ureolyticus), isolated from women with bacterial vaginosis, was undertaken.
(13) The vascular pathways associated with the glomerulus of the Atlantic hagfish, Myxine glutinosa have been studied by scanning electron microscopy of corroded resin casts of the vasculature.
(14) We studied the micro-architecture of the rat femoral head using a corroding casting method described by Murakami in comparison with haematoxylin-eosin preparation and transparent preparation.
(15) Under the experimental conditions the non-gamma 2-amalgams were more corroded than the conventional amalgam.
(16) On SEM of the Superbond material placed in contact with corroded metal and enamel, retentive structures were found to spread, thus producing a micromechanical bond.
(17) The oceans turned acidic, corroding the sea floor; the waters warmed, and countless organisms perished in a great extinction event.
(18) The % G + C content of E. corrodens strains varied from 56 to 58%, and from 56 to 60% for unidentified corroding bacilli.
(19) The amalgams were poorly contoured and had corroded, resulting in continued release of mercury ions.
(20) The two outer ring zones yielded bacteria that formed agar surface colonies of spreading-corroding morphology, while cells from the innermost zone always yielded colonies with a different morphology.