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Webster 1913 Edition
Denudation
Denˊu-da′tion
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[L.
denudatio
: cf. F. 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 overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.
Webster 1828 Edition
Denudation
DENUDATION
,Noun.
1.
The act of stripping off covering; a making bare.2.
In geology, the act of washing away the surface of the earth by the deluge or other flood.