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weathering

noun

weath·​er·​ing
ˈwet͟h-riŋ,
ˈwe-t͟hə- How to pronounce weathering (audio)
: the action of the weather conditions in altering the color, texture, composition, or form of exposed objects
specifically : the physical disintegration and chemical decomposition of earth materials at or near the earth's surface

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web When covered by silt and sediment, the prints are protected, but eventually, officials expect weathering and erosion will destroy them. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Aug. 2022 Both are likely the result of weathering and wind erosion. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 28 June 2022 The building's exterior texture will mimic Mill Bluff's ancient rock columns, with its rounded corners portraying the erosion and weathering that happens as landscapes evolve. Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2022 An analogy used by the speaker equated the weathering that takes place within the bodies of overburdened women to erosion. Anisha Vanita Williams, Essence, 3 July 2022 When the researchers placed the slides outside in the rain and dust, the dog was still able to pick out the slide with the fingerprint after 24 hours of weathering. Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2022 But this is not the only approach: Some firms have tried to store carbon in stone or concrete; others have tried to accelerate the rock-weathering process that normally takes thousands of years. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 25 May 2022 Today's oxygen levels in the atmosphere are a stable balance between processes that produce oxygen - like photosynthesis by plants and microorganisms - and those that consume it - like rock weathering and oxygen-breathing organisms. David Bressan, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022 But in 2013, UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) found that erosion and weathering were taking a toll on the parts of the site archaeologists had excavated so far. Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of weathering was in 1548

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