Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of thrusting or driving down or away.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward thrust.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward thrust.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The various strains, to which the materials of a bridge are subjected -- are compression, extension and detrusion.
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Changed 'the the' to 'the', and in table heading, original word was 'detrution', changed to correct spelling of 'detrusion'.
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That punching, or the forcible detrusion of a circular piece of metal to form a rivet hole, has a more or less injurious effect upon the metal plates surrounding the hole, is a fact well known and admitted by every engineer, and it has often been said that the rivet holes ought all to be drilled.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 Various
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A similar detrusion of a marly matter in circular arches or vaults obtains in the salt mines in Cheshire; from whence Dr. Hutton very ingeniously concludes, that the salt must have been liquified by heat; which would seem to be much confirmed by the above theory.
The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Erasmus Darwin 1766
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