Erosion

  • 31erosion — A negative impact on one or more of a firm s existing assets. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * erode e‧rode [ɪˈrəʊd ǁ ɪˈroʊd] verb [transitive] if an amount or value is eroded, it is slowly reduced: • Stock prices were eroded by profit taking …

    Financial and business terms

  • 32Erosion — Abtragung * * * Ero|si|on 〈f. 20〉 1. 〈Geol.〉 Auswaschung, Abtragung (von Land durch Wind od. Wasser) 2. 〈Med.〉 Haut od. Schleimhautabschürfung [<lat. erosio „Zernagung, Durchfressung“] * * * E|ro|si|on [lat. erodere, erosum = abnagen]: 1)… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 33erosión — Desgaste del suelo por acción de diversos factores naturales como los vientos (erosión eólica), lluvias (erosión pluvial), ríos (erosión fluvial). Las dos últimas forman parte de la erosión hídrica. Proceso de desgaste y desintegración del… …

    Diccionario ecologico

  • 34Erosion — The gradual redirection of funds from profitable segments or projects within a business to new projects and areas. Although managers almost always consider money flowing into new projects as investments in long term growth, the short term effect… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 35erosion — e|ro|sion [ıˈrəuʒən US ıˈrou ] n [U] 1.) the process by which rock or soil is gradually destroyed by wind, rain, or the sea ▪ the problem of soil erosion ▪ the erosion of the coastline 2.) the process by which something is gradually reduced or… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 36erosion —    The wearing away of the land surface by running water, waves, or moving ice and wind, or by such processes as mass wasting and corrosion (solution and other chemical processes). The term geologic erosion refers to natural erosion processes… …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 37ÉROSION — n. f. T. didactique Action d’une substance qui en attaque une autre, qui la ronge superficiellement ou Résultat de cette action. Le coup lui a laissé une érosion à la main. Il y a des maladies qui détruisent les chairs par érosion. Il se dit… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 38erosion — noun (U) 1 the process of being gradually destroyed by rain, wind, the sea etc: soil erosion | the erosion of the coastline 2 the process of gradually destroying or reducing something: the erosion of civil liberties erosive adjective …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 39erosión — {{#}}{{LM E15742}}{{〓}} {{SynE16151}} {{[}}erosión{{]}} ‹e·ro·sión› {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} {{♂}}En una superficie, especialmente en la terrestre,{{♀}} desgaste producido por la acción de agentes externos, especialmente por el agua y el… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 40erosion — n. glacial; soil erosion * * * [ɪ rəʊʒ(ə)n] soil erosion glacial …

    Combinatory dictionary