different between scoriation vs abrasion

English

Noun

scoriation (plural scoriations)

1. A sloppily cut groove, furrow, or trench, characterised by the presence of refuse material from which it was cut. The word is derived from the Latin scoria, which means slag or dross, and thus is related to the english words scoria and scorify, which both refer to the waste left over from smelting ore.

   "The tracks of his father's foot were gone. Where they had been were now long, watercloudy scoriations resembling the sporadic course of a Lilliputian mowing machine." ~William Faulkner

2. An anthropological term used to describe grooves or other similar markings on bullets exclusively. Scoriation is a joining of "scoring" and "striation."
3. aphetic form of excoriation

References

• 2002, Arp, Don Jr. "BATTLEFIELD ODDITIES: EXPLAINING TWO MINIÉ BALLS FROM PEA RIDGE NATIONAL MILITARY PARK." The Nebraska Anthropologist. Vol. 17, Number 1. 2001-2002 [1]

Anagrams

• sinoaortic

English

Etymology

First attested in 1656. From French abrasion (attested since 1611), from Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”), from Latin abr?d? (“scrape off”). See also abrade.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?e?.?n?/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

abrasion (countable and uncountable, plural abrasions)

1. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.]
2. (obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
3. (geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]
4. An abraded, scraped, or worn area. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
5. (medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
6. (dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:injury

Related terms

• abrade

Translations

See also

• contusion
• laceration

References

Anagrams

• Robainas, abronias, arabinos

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”).

Noun

abrasion f (plural abrasions)

1. abrasion.

Further reading

• “abrasion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• abornais