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[ adjective ] made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization
Examples "the rocket's ablated head shield" Used in print (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)Most meteoritic material , by the time it reaches the Earth's_surface , has been reduced to dust or to spherules of ablated material in its passage through the atmosphere . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] removed or taken away by cutting or erosion or melting or evaporation
Examples "my ablated appendix" Related terms |
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