attrition – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: eating away,
erosion,
wearing,
wearing away,
eroding,
friction,
rubbing,
ruefulness,
rue,
sorrow,
regret,
lessening,
drop-off,
decrease,
detrition
attrition
n.
wearing down by friction, erosion; rubbing; weakening by constant harassing or abuse
Attrition
Attrition may refer to the gradual reduction of the size of a workforce by not replacing personnel lost through retirement or resignation
- Attrition warfare, the military strategy of wearing down the enemy by continual losses in personnel and matériel
- Loss of personnel by Withdrawal (military)
- Attrition (medicine, epidemiology), the loss of participants during an experiment
- Attrition (dental), the loss of tooth structure by mechanical forces from opposing teeth
- Attrition (erosion), the wearing away of rocks in the sea
- Imperfect contrition, also known as attrition, in Catholic theology
- Customer attrition, loss of business clients or customers
- Language attrition, the loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language by either a community or an individual
- War of Attrition, a limited war fought between Egypt and Israel from 1968 to 1970
- Employees leaving a company to join somewhere else
attrition
Noun
1. erosion by friction
(synonym) abrasion, corrasion, detrition
(hypernym) erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing away
2. the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
(synonym) grinding, abrasion, detrition
(hypernym) friction, rubbing
3. sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
(synonym) contrition, contriteness
(hypernym) sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness
4. a wearing down to weaken or destroy; "a war of attrition"
(hypernym) decrease, lessening, drop-off
5. the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction
(hypernym) friction, detrition, rubbing
attrition
n.
vyčerpání; únava; opotřebovací válka; opotřebování; odření
Attrition
(n.)
The state of being worn.
(n.)
The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
(n.)
Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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