1) Abrasion 2) Acquired tooth pathology 3) Corrasion 4) Detrition 5) Eating away 6) Eroding 7) Erosion 8) Erosion by friction 9) Gradual weakening 10) Natural reduction in staff 11) Reduction in strength 12) The act of rubbing together 13) Wearing 14) Wearing away
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1) Contriteness 2) Contrition 3) Corrasion 4) Deterioration 5) Detrition 6) Friction
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- erosion by friction
- the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
- sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
- a wearing down to weaken or destroy
- the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction
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• (n.) The state of being worn. • (n.) The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion. • (n.) Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.
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The decline in employment in a firm or industry that occurs naturally due to workers' quitting or retiring. The pain of shrinking an industry due, say, to trade liberalization is minimized if it can be accomplished through attrition. In the UK, attrition is called natural wastage.
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A reduction in the number of participants during the course of a study. If more participants withdraw from one group than another group, this can introduce bias and threaten the internal validity of the research
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the wearing away of tooth structure through normal use (ie. chewing, biting, etc.).
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The loss of tooth structure due to wear.
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Attrition is also known as labour turnover. It is the rate at which workers leave a firm and are replaced by new employees.
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a gradual wearing down (in war this would mean gradually wearing down the enemy before destroying them, rather than capturing land)
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1. The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion. 'Effected by attrition of the inward stomach.' (Arbuthnot) ... 2. The state of being worn. ... 3. Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition. ... Origin: L. Attritio: cf. F. Attrition. ....
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(ә-trish´әn) the wearing away of a substance or structure (such as the teeth) in the course of normal use.
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The wearing away of particles of rock as they bounce along the riverbed or knock against each other and wear away becoming more rounded.
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A term used to describe voluntary and involuntary terminations, deaths and employee retirements that
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The process of reducing the number of employees in an organisation by not replacing people who leave their jobs
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The wearing away of the surface of a granule, particularly by granule-to-granule interaction.
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At·tri'tion noun [ Latin attritio : confer French attrition .] 1. The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion. « Effected by attrition of the inward stomach. Arbuthnot. » 2.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-trish′ŭn Definitions: 1. Wearing away by friction or rubbing. 2. In dentistry, physiologic loss of tooth structure caused by the abrasive character of food or by bruxism.
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attrition 1. The action or process of rubbing one thing against another; mutual friction. 2. The action or process of rubbing away, wearing or grinding down, by friction. 3. In military applications, the gradual wearing away of morale and the powers of resistance by persistent attacks. 4. In the workplace, the gradual reduction of the size of a wor...
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A natural redcution in work force as a result of resignations, retirements or death. Most unionized companies cannot unilaterally reduce their employment levels to cut costs, so management must rely on attrition to provide openings that they, in turn, do not fill. Because the median ages of work forces at the integrated mills may be more than 50, a...
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noun a wearing down to weaken or destroy; `a war of attrition`
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In earth science, the process by which particles of rock are rounded and gradually reduced in size by hitting one another as they are transported by rivers, wind, or the sea. The rounding of particles is a good indication of how far they have been transported. This is particularly true for particles carried by rivers, which become more rounded and ...
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the act of rubbing together, friction; abrasion.
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a wearing down to weaken or destroy
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the act of rubbing together
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