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erosion noun

  /əˈɹoʊʒən/ , /əˈɹəʊʒən/
  • (uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
  • (uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.
  • (uncountable, figurative) The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process.
  • (uncountable) Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.
  • (medicine) A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.
  • (math) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊖); see Erosion (morphology).
 Erosion

Eros properNoun

  /ˈɛɹɒs/
  • (Greek god) The god of love and sexual desire; son of either Erebus and Nyx or Aphrodite and Ares. His Roman counterpart is Cupid.
  • 433 Eros, an asteroid.
 Eros

erosive adjective

  • Causing or tending to cause erosion.
 erosiv
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