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Corroding

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Indentation 76% connected

The act of indenting or state of being indented.

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Pitting 76% connected

of Pit

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Roughness 76% connected

The quality or state of being rough.

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Rust 76% connected

The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film…

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Rusting 76% connected

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Corrode 74% connected

To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic…

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Corrode 74% connected

To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic…

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Corrosion 92% connected

The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion.

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Erosion 92% connected

The act or operation of eroding or eating away.

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Acid value noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) the amount of free acid present in fat as measured by the milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to neutralize it; "as t…

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Actinide series noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) a series of 15 radioactive elements with increasing atomic numbers from actinium to lawrencium

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Anticatalyst noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst

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Arrhenius theory of dissociation noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) theory that describes aqueous solutions in terms of acids (which dissociate to give hydrogen ions) and bases (which dissoc…

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Atomic mass noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units

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Atomic theory noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles; "the ancient Gree…

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Atomic weight noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units

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Atomist theory noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles; "the ancient Gree…

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Atomistic theory noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles; "the ancient Gree…

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Chemical action noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved

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Chemical chain noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

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Chemical change noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved

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Chemical compound noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

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Chemical decomposition reaction noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

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Chemical group noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

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Chemical process noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved

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Chemical reaction noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the gro…

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Closed chain noun · 71% connection

(chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop

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Begnaw verb · 78% connection

To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.

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Canker verb · 78% connection

To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

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Cautery noun · 78% connection

A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal t…

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Corroded imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Corrode

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Corrodiate verb · 78% connection

To eat away by degrees; to corrode.

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Eat verb · 78% connection

To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear.

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Erode verb · 78% connection

To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.

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Exulcerate v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.

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Gnaw verb · 78% connection

To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

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