Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of depleting.
- noun The state of being depleted; exhaustion.
- noun The use or consumption of a resource, especially a natural resource, faster than it is replenished.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of emptying, reducing, or exhausting: as, the depletion of the national resources. Specifically
- noun In medicine, the act of relieving congestion or plethora by any remedial means, as bloodletting, purging, sweating, vomiting, etc.; also, any general reduction of fullness, as by abstinence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of depleting or emptying.
- noun (Med.) the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, as in severe diarrhea.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the act of
depleting , or the state of beingdepleted ;exhaustion - noun the
consumption of aresource faster than it can bereplenished
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of decreasing something markedly
- noun the state of being depleted
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Examples
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Consistent in the sense that Wada et al's finding of increasing groundwater depletion is in line with Syed et al's finding that the rate of river runoff is increasing.
Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010
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Consistent in the sense that Wada et al's finding of increasing groundwater depletion is in line with Syed et al's finding that the rate of river runoff is increasing.
Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010
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Consistent in the sense that Wada et al's finding of increasing groundwater depletion is in line with Syed et al's finding that the rate of river runoff is increasing.
Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010
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Consistent in the sense that Wada et al's finding of increasing groundwater depletion is in line with Syed et al's finding that the rate of river runoff is increasing.
Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010
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Consistent in the sense that Wada et al's finding of increasing groundwater depletion is in line with Syed et al's finding that the rate of river runoff is increasing.
Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010
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Consistent in the sense that Wada et al's finding of increasing groundwater depletion is in line with Syed et al's finding that the rate of river runoff is increasing.
Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010
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Consistent in the sense that Wada et al's finding of increasing groundwater depletion is in line with Syed et al's finding that the rate of river runoff is increasing.
Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010
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In conclusion, drug-induced nutrient depletion is far more common than we thought.
Hyla Cass, M.D.: Is Your Medication Robbing You of Nutrients Part 2: Getting Specific M.D. Hyla Cass 2010
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Consistent in the sense that Wada et al's finding of increasing groundwater depletion is in line with Syed et al's finding that the rate of river runoff is increasing.
Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010
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Consistent in the sense that Wada et al's finding of increasing groundwater depletion is in line with Syed et al's finding that the rate of river runoff is increasing.
Bill Chameides: Where Has All The Water Gone? Bill Chameides 2010
mn commented on the word depletion
depletion of the supragingival plaque deposits
January 14, 2010
bilby commented on the word depletion
In Cork city.
January 14, 2010