Definitions For Weathering

Verb

{{present participle of, en, weather, nocat=1}}

Noun

WEATHERING. (countable and uncountable, plural WEATHERINGs) (obsolete) weather, weather, especially favourable or fair weather. (geology) mechanical, mechanical or chemical break down, 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.

Derived terms

space weathering

Translations

Danish: forvitring, c Dutch: verwering, f French: météorisation, f German: Verwitterung Hungarian: mállás Icelandic: veðrun Maori: ngawheretanga Norwegian: : Bokmål: forvitring, m, f : Nynorsk: forvitring, f Polish: wietrzenie, n Portuguese: intemperismo, m Russian: выве́тривание, n Spanish: meteorización, f Swedish: vittring, c Tagalog: sapanhon Turkish: hava

Etymology

from {{der + en + enm + wederyng}}, equivalent to weather + ing.