érosion — meaning in English

English meaning

• erosion noun The gradual wearing away of land or rock by water, wind, or ice.
• outlier noun A data point that sits far away from the rest of a set of results, and which may signal a real extreme case or a measurement error.

Senses

érosion is used for these senses in English:

• outlier (geology) A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.

erosion — full definition

1. noun The gradual wearing away of land or rock by water, wind, or ice.
2. noun The gradual weakening or loss of something over time.

outlier — full definition

1. noun A data point that sits far away from the rest of a set of results, and which may signal a real extreme case or a measurement error.
2. noun A person or thing that stands markedly apart from the others in a group.
3. noun In geology, an isolated area of younger rock surrounded by older rock, separated from the main body by erosion.

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