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Definition of Pitting
1. Noun. The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion.
Generic synonyms: Corroding, Corrosion, Erosion
Derivative terms: Indent, Pit
Definition of Pitting
1. Verb. (present participle of pit) ¹
2. Noun. The formation of pits on a surface because of corrosion ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pitting
1. an arrangement of cavities or depressions [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pitting
1. In dentistry, the formation of well defined, relatively deep depressions in a surface, usually used in describing defects in surfaces (often golds, solder joints, or amalgam). It may arise from a variety of causes, although the clinical occurrence is often associated with corrosion. See: pitting oedema, nail pits. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitting
Literary usage of Pitting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1862)
"Besides preventing of pitting the liniment prevents the swelling of the face,
and when this swelling has taken place it rapidly subsides after the use of ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1871)
"The covering afforded by the hair had evidently preserved the scalp from injury
and from subsequent pitting. "It recently occurred to me, from watching a ..."
3. Johnson's Materials of Construction by John Butler Johnson, Morton Owen Withey, James Aston (1919)
"pitting.!—In the use of metal for roofing, pipes, tanks, etc., the way in which
the corrosion is distributed over the surface may be quite as important a ..."
4. Transactions of the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders by North East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders (1889)
"Take, for instance, the theory of the decomposition of sodium chloride by electrical
action. If this theory held good where pitting and corrosion occurred ..."
5. The Mechanical Engineering of Power Plants by Frederick Remsen Hutton (1897)
"pitting, Wasting, and Grooving.—The corrosion of a boiler on its internal surfaces
... pitting is a curious and capricious eating of the plate in spots. ..."
6. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1857)
"This was done with the view of preventing "pitting," which appeared inevitable
from the severity of the disease, and its tendency to confluence. ..."
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