Meanings
nouncariousness (uncountable)
- uncountablethe state or quality of being carious, an advanced state of corrosion.
Ramond found granites in the high chain of the Pyrenees, corroded both externally and internally: not detached blocks alone, he informs us, but whole regions are attacked with this cariousness, the cause of which is still unknown.
1811, J. F. Berger, Transactions of the Geological Society, "Observations on the Physical Structure of Devonshire and Cornwall," vol. 1, p. 126, note
Origin
Translations
Finnish karioottisuus, reikäisyys
- karioottisuusstate or quality of being carious
- reikäisyysstate or quality of being carious
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