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1. A combination of processes in which the materials of the earth's surface are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and transported from one place to another by natural agents; such as, wind and rainfall.
2. The group of natural processes, including weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, and transportation, by which material is worn away from the earth's surface.
3. The gradual destruction or reduction and weakening of something: "An erosion is an eating away of a surface; for example, a skin erosion is a loss of part or all of the epidermis (the outer layer) leaving a denuded surface or a tooth erosion is a gradual loss of the normally hard surface of the tooth because of chemical reactions or of abrasion or rubbing."
2. The group of natural processes, including weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, and transportation, by which material is worn away from the earth's surface.
3. The gradual destruction or reduction and weakening of something: "An erosion is an eating away of a surface; for example, a skin erosion is a loss of part or all of the epidermis (the outer layer) leaving a denuded surface or a tooth erosion is a gradual loss of the normally hard surface of the tooth because of chemical reactions or of abrasion or rubbing."
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In geology, the detachment and transportation of topsoil by the action of wind and running water: At the seashore, Jeny noticed how much of the coastal line was influenced by soil erosion because, over time, the shoreline had been eaten away by the waves of the sea.