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Meaning of "denudation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DENUDATION

denudation  [ˌdɛnjʊˈdeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DENUDATION

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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Denudation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DENUDATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

denudation

Denudation

In geology, denudation is the long-term sum of processes that cause the wearing away of the earth’s surface leading to a reduction in elevation and relief of landforms and landscapes. Endogenetic processes such as volcanoes, earthquakes, and plate tectonics uplift and expose continental crust to the exogenetic denudation processes of weathering, erosion, and mass wasting.

Definition of denudation in the English dictionary

The definition of denudation in the dictionary is the exposing of rock by the erosion of the layers above.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DENUDATION


accommodation
əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃən
commendation
ˌkɒmɛnˈdeɪʃən
consolidation
kənˌsɒlɪˈdeɪʃən
degradation
ˌdɛɡrəˈdeɪʃən
dilapidation
dɪˌlæpɪˈdeɪʃən
exudation
ˌɛksjʊˈdeɪʃən
foundation
faʊnˈdeɪʃən
gradation
ɡrəˈdeɪʃən
intimidation
ɪnˌtɪmɪˈdeɪʃən
liquidation
ˌlɪkwɪˈdeɪʃən
oxidation
ˌɒksɪˈdeɪʃən
peroxidation
pəˌrɒksɪˈdeɪʃən
predation
prɪˈdeɪʃən
recommendation
ˌrɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən
retardation
ˌriːtɑːˈdeɪʃən
revalidation
ˌriːˌvælɪˈdeɪʃən
sedation
sɪˈdeɪʃən
sudation
suːˈdeɪʃən
trepidation
ˌtrɛpɪˈdeɪʃən
validation
ˌvælɪˈdeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DENUDATION

dentural
denture
dentures
denturist
denuclearisation
denuclearise
denuclearization
denuclearize
denudate
denude
denudement
denuder
denumerability
denumerable
denumerably
denunciate
denunciation
denunciative
denunciator
denunciatory

WORDS THAT END LIKE DENUDATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of denudation in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «denudation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DENUDATION

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Translator English - Chinese

剥蚀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

denudación
570 millions of speakers

English

denudation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनाच्छादन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تعرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оголение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desnudamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নগ্নীকরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dénudation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyucian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Entblößung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

削剥
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

삭박
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Denudation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự tróc ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆடை நீக்குதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

छेदन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

soyulma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

denudamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obnażenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оголення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

denudare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απογύμνωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontbloting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

denudation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

denudation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of denudation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DENUDATION»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DENUDATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about denudation

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QUOTES WITH «DENUDATION»

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John Joly
We live in an epoch of denudation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DENUDATION»

Discover the use of denudation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to denudation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Landscape Evolution: Denudation, Climate and Tectonics Over ...
Specific subject areas covered are sediment transport processes and the timescales of competing processes, the role of the geological record and landscapes in constraining different processes, the nature of landscape evolution at different ...
Kerry Gallagher, Stuart J. Jones, John Wainwright, 2008
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Quantifying Long-term Glacial Denudation with ...
Quantifying the long-term (∼106 yrs) denudation history within an orogen is requisite in understanding the evolution of topography and efficacy of various surface processes.
Mathew Scott Densmore, 2008
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Sedimentary Basins: Evolution, Facies, and Sediment Budget
1 .4 Detrital Clay Minerals in Lake Basins and in the Sea General Aspects Paleoceanography and Paleoclimate from Clay Minerals 9.2 Chemical Denudation (Quantitative Aspects) 9.2. 1 Introduction 9.2.2 Groundwater Chemistry and ...
Gerhard Einsele, 2000
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Environmental Systems: An Introductory Text
more, therefore, than particular cases of a general denudation system model. 10.7 Time, denudation and relief in the catchment basin system As we have seen , the effect of the operation of the denudation system is to strip rock debris from the ...
I. D. White, D. N. Mottershead, S. J. Harrison, 1992
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A Preliminary Study of Chemical Denudation: By Frank ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, 2010
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Erosion and Sediment Yield: Global and Regional Perspectives ...
These records have been used to estimate the intensity of denudation processes over the territory of Poland. The denudation index, expressed in t km"2 year"1, was calculated for many river basins, using data from 50 river gauging stations.
D. E. Walling, Bruce Webb, 1996
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Geomorphology: Themes and Trends
Views of tectonics and denudation in geomorphology Landforms are shaped by tectonic movement and sculptured by denudational processes. Davis (1899) deduced landform development by denudational processes, postulating prolonged ...
Alistair F. Pitty, 1985
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The Oil and Gas Habitats of the South Atlantic
The Mesozoic denudation history of the Atlantic margins of southern Africa and southeast Brazil and the relationship to offshore sedimentation KERRY GALLAGHER1 & RODERICK BROWN2 1 T. H. Huxley School of Environment, Earth ...
Val S. Clure, Nick R. Cameron, Raymond Holmes Bate, 1999
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Methods in Endothelial Cell Biology
Volkhard Lindner Introduction Balloon catheter denudation of arteries is a widely used model to study the vascular response to injury. This technique was originally described in a rabbit model by Baumgartner and Studer (Baumgartner and ...
Hellmut G. Augustin, 2004
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Critical Decisions in Periodontology
Walter B Hall Denudation is the exposure of bone that is left nude to heal by secondary intention as additional gingiva. The procedure is of limited usefulness because of its reputation as being uncomfortable and associated with slow healing ...
Walter B. Hall, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DENUDATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term denudation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cordilleras lose 500 hectares of forest cover yearly–Alvarez
“Unless massive denudation of the forests and watersheds of the Cordilleras is abated, heavy flooding and mudslides in several towns located ... «Business Mirror, Jul 15»
2
Tree-planting season begins in Mt. San Cristobal
... an abundant untapped water resource. However, it couldn't sufficiently supply water due to illegal activities that led to denudation of its forest. «The Manila Times, Jun 15»
3
News Feature: Adlaw sa Suba - a day of celebration for Himoga-an …
This is but with a trade off - the denudation of Sagay's forest until 1975. Thus, the present local government of Sagay together with the Sagay ... «Philippine Information Agency, Jun 15»
4
Prof. Asare speaks on Constitutional Imperfection and …
... it said it “was of the considered view that the disqualification of dual citizens from holding the offices does not constitute such a denudation of ... «Starr 103.5 FM, Jun 15»
5
Nkrumah Nkrumah, Wole Soyinka, & Kongi's Harvest (3)
... made to feel the pinch of criticism himself, having been unraveled in a methodic fit of the historical contemporariness of moral denudation. «GhanaWeb, Jun 15»
6
AgSur guv bares accomplishments in SOPA
To address forest and water shed denudation and protect locally declared watershed areas, inspections and inventories were done while ... «Philippine Information Agency, Jun 15»
7
Census starts in Sto Tomas for illegal mines and farm lands
... concepts like hedgerows and the planting of coffee will be introduced in between vegetable gardens to prevent erosion and denudation. «Baguio Midland Courier, Jun 15»
8
China has left the world behind in development.
... planting had been done all over, the terrain had been graded to avoid denudation, peasants were at work seeding and weeding the fields. «Lankaweb, Jun 15»
9
Two studies of Nepal-Himalaya tectonics lead new posting of …
Delineating the Exmouth mantle plume (NW Australia) from denudation and magmatic addition estimatesM. Rohrman, Houston, Texas, USA. «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
10
Geomorphologist: Consequences of Ignoring the Risks
Continuous heavy rainstorms over several hours, together with unstable landslide slopes (with slope denudation materials), such as those in ... «Georgia Today, Jun 15»

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