Attritional

/əˈtɹɪ.ʃə.nəl/ adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to attrition.

    "a prolonged attritional battle"

Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or caused by attrition wordnet

Example

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"During the fall, winter, and spring, fish that died of attritional mortality would be disarticulated according to the length of time they lay on the bottom prior to the next period of deposition."

Etymology

From attrition + -al.

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