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Wear - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Ablation, Abrasion, Abrasive, Affect, Apparel, Array, Atomization, Attire, Attrition, Bark, Beat
For the English river of the same name, see River Wear.
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Wear

In materials science, wear is the errosion of material from a solid surface by the action of another solid. The study of the processes of wear is part of the discipline of tribology.

There are four principle wear processes:

  1. Adhesive wear
  2. Abrasive wear
  3. Corrosive wear
  4. Surface fatigue

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Example Usage of Wear

maddieduncan: watching what not to Wear ! i love this freaking show . i love seeing how much they change from the beginning to the end . haa :)
Lollipe: RT @fleurdelise: Ese: what do people usually Wear for this. Me: well i Wear..... Ese: yea, i asked what people Wear not wot u Wear... &l ...
ltholder: Yeah yeah no no yeah yeah no no. Man are the youth messy! And Wear glitter to church its all over the seats! Ha :)
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