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weathering
[ weth-er-ing ]
noun
- Architecture. wash ( def 45 ).
- material used as a weather strip.
- Geology. the various mechanical and chemical processes that cause exposed rock to decompose. Compare chemical weathering, mechanical weathering.
weathering
/ ˈ·Éɛðə°ùɪŋ /
noun
- the mechanical and chemical breakdown of rocks by the action of rain, snow, cold, etc
weathering
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- Any of the chemical or mechanical processes by which rocks exposed to the weather undergo chemical decomposition and physical disintegration. Although weathering usually occurs at the Earth's surface, it can also occur at significant depths, for example through the percolation of groundwater through fractures in bedrock. It usually results in changes in the color, texture, composition, or hardness of the affected rocks.
weathering
- The process by which rocks are broken down into small grains and soil . Weathering can happen through rainfall, ice formation, or the action of living things, such as algae and plant roots. It is part of the geological cycle .
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of weathering1
Example Sentences
After that, Canada spent the final half hour weathering a flurry of desperate U.S. attacks that saw just one shot get through to St. Clair.
So coffee shops are weathering the tough economic climate better than most businesses.
Lynch knew this approach amplified any unease, like the aural equivalent of weathering an uncomfortable silence in a real-life conversation.
So many western economies are weathering an era of the scars of the financial crisis, conflict, pandemic and the colossal and rapid transfer of economic heft to China and the east.
This weathering will also impact those people who voted for Trump — his “working class†supporters in red state America will be particularly vulnerable.
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