weathering
Noun
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Noun
weathering
- (obsolete) Weather, especially favourable or fair weather.
- (geology) Mechanical or chemical breaking down of rocks in situ by weather or other causes.
- (architecture) A slight inclination given to an approximately horizontal surface to enable it to throw off water.
- French: météorisation
- German: Verwitterung
- Portuguese: intemperismo
- Russian: выве́тривание
- Spanish: meteorización
- present participle of weather#English|weather
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