English to afrikaans meaning of

corrosion

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "korrosie" is die proses van agteruitgang of verswakking deur 'n chemiese of elektrochemiese reaksie met sy omgewing. Dit verwys tipies na die geleidelike verval of erosie van metaal, klip of ander materiale as gevolg van chemiese of elektrochemiese reaksies met vog, suurstof of ander stowwe in die omgewing. Korrosie kan ook verwys na die geleidelike agteruitgang van verhoudings of sosiale strukture.

Sentence Examples

  1. Two thousand summers have imparted to the monuments of Grecian literature, as to her marbles, only a maturer golden and autumnal tint, for they have carried their own serene and celestial atmosphere into all lands to protect them against the corrosion of time.
  2. For it is plain, that every word we speak is in some degree a diminution of our lungs by corrosion, and consequently contributes to the shortening of our lives.
  3. Hitting it caused some corrosion to fall away, though, and she saw a little X pretty much in the center of the hold.
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