Look up: denudation

1. denudation
   [n] - the removal of covering
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2. Denudation
   the removal of rock material from the surface of the Earth though the processes of weathering and erosion.
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3. denudation
   Stripping,laying bare of rocks by removal of the top soil or other ground cover Category: Management in the public and private sector • 1)the erosion by rain,frost,wind,running water and other agencies of the solid matter of the earth so that strata formerly covered are exposed,and eleva...
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4. Denudation
   Den`u·da'tion noun [ Latin denudatio : confer French dénudation .] 1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare. 2. (Geol.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overly...
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5. denudation
   1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare. ... 2. <geology> The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water. ... Origin: L. Denudatio: cf. F. Denudation. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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6. denudation
   stripping noun the removal of covering
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7. denudation
   (den″u-da´shәn) the stripping or laying bare of any part.
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8. Denudation
   • (n.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water. • (n.) The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
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9. denudation
   (from the article `igneous rock`) The deep-seated plutonic rocks can be exposed at the surface for study only after a long period of denudation or by some tectonic forces that push ...
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10. denudation
    denude, denudation 1. To divest of covering; to make bare or to strip someone or something bare. 2. To strip away the vegetation that covers an area. 3. In geology, to remove soil from an area or expose underlying layers of rock by weathering and erosion.
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11. 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 ...
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12. Denudation
    (1) The erosion or wearing down of a landmass. (2) Removal of the vegetative cover from an area.
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13. Denudation
    Denudation is a geological term for the wearing away of the earth's surface by the various agents - rain, frost, rivers, glaciers and ocean waves, each agent exhibiting a different kind of erosion.
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14. denudation
    Type: Term Pronunciation: den′yū-dā′shŭn Definitions: 1. Depriving of a covering or protecting layer; the act of laying bare, as in the removal of the epithelium from a surface.
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15. denudation
    Natural loss of soil and rock debris, blown away by wind or washed away by running water, laying bare the rock below. Over millions of years, denudation causes a general lowering of the landscape
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