Definition of Corroding

1. Noun. Erosion by chemical action.

Exact synonyms: Corrosion, Erosion
Generic synonyms: Chemical Action, Chemical Change, Chemical Process
Specialized synonyms: Indentation, Pitting, Roughness, Rust, Rusting
Derivative terms: Corrode, Corrode, Corrode, Corrode

Definition of Corroding

1. Verb. (present participle of corrode) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Corroding

1. corrode [v] - See also: corrode

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corroding

corroborations
corroborative
corroboratives
corroborator
corroborators
corroboratory
corroboree
corroborees
corrode
corroded
corrodes
corrodibilities
corrodibility
corrodible
corrodies
corroding (current term)
corrodingly
corrody
corrolate
corrosibilities
corrosibility
corrosible
corrosibleness
corrosion
corrosion casting
corrosion of tissue
corrosions
corrosive
corrosive of tissue
corrosive sublimate

Literary usage of Corroding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Industrial Chemistry: A Manual for the Student and Manufacturer by Allen Rogers, Alfred Bellamy Aubert (1912)
"This crude lead is then refined to remove the copper, silver, and other impurities, and " corroding pig lead " is obtained. corroding. ..."

2. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1836)
"THERE are two diseases (cancer and corroding ulcer of the uterus) widely ... The name of corroding Ulcer of the Os Uteri, was first applied to this form of ..."

3. Homœopathic therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1879)
"Bleeding ulcers, destitute of feeling^; hard, spongy, and sensitive ulcers, with a feeling of tenseness and soreness ; pus copious, bloody, and corroding, ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases Peculiar to Women: Illustrated by Cases by Samuel Ashwell (1855)
"corroding ULCER OF THE UTERUS. DEFINITION.—An ulcer of granular surface, ... For one c»86 of corroding ulcer we meet with ninety or a hundred of cancer of ..."

5. The Modern Factory: Safety, Sanitation and Welfare by George Moses Price (1914)
"In the Dutch process the transformation of the lead buckles into white lead is done in a so-called corroding bed. These beds are housed in a large structure ..."

6. The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Sports (1800)
"... (by its unchecked continuance) to af- fumc a degree of inveteracy, corroding the ... or wound in the mouth, becoming foul, and con- tabling a corroding ..."

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