to ablate
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- verb
- /əˈbleɪt/
- Specialized
:
ablacionar
- Dr. Rutka: At my institution, we have used low-concentration gentamicin with and without betamethasone to ablate inner ear function in patients with incapacitating unilateral Meniere's disease.
Examples
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As that happens, it will begin to ablate our atmosphere and basically taking out the highest level layers of the atmosphere systematically.
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Any mass loss is the result of material being ablated (i.e., worn away) by friction with air molecules rather than being "burned up."
Academic text (1992) -
If material surface damage is not a problem, for example, on a hot steel production line, a more powerful laser pulse can be used to ablate the surface (in this case, iron oxide) or to vaporize a coating.
Academic text (1994) -
To reduce the stiffness experienced by neural crest cells, we mechanically ablated the surrounding tissue, leading to a release of tension and hence to a decrease in strain stiffening.
Academic text (2018) -
The technician used a laser to ablate the damaged coating from the surface of the metal.
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As the spacecraft re-entered the atmosphere, its heat shield began to ablate to protect the interior from extreme temperatures.
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To enhance the performance of the satellite dish, they needed to ablate some of the excess material from its surface.
Synonyms
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The surface wears away when something rubs or scrapes it
Wear away the surface of something by rubbing or scraping
To wear a surface down by rubbing
To wear away a surface slowly by rubbing
To remove ice from a car or plane
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ablate comes from the Latin ablatus, which means 'taken away' and has the prefix ab- meaning 'away', the same 'away' you see in absent. So when a spacecraft heat shield or a rock face ablates, material is being 'taken away' from the surface by melting, burning, or erosion.