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ablated

ablated

8.7
Made smaller when heat melts or wears it away
  • adjective
  • /əˈbleɪtɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ablacionado
  • The heat shield became ablated as the spacecraft re-entered the Earth's atmosphere.

Examples

  • The glacier showed sections of ablated ice where it met the warm ocean currents.

  • Certain tumors are ablated using focused laser treatment in medical procedures.

  • The ice has ablated.

  • Look at the ablated surface!

  • Certain tumors can be ablated through the use of advanced laser technology in surgery.

  • The heat shield of the spacecraft was ablated due to the intense heat during re-entry.

  • In the Arctic region, many glaciers have ablated significantly because of rising temperatures.

Antonyms

expanded
4.0

Larger in size or number

increased
1.0

Larger or more than before

How Ablated

vaporized
  • Specialized
4.8
ablated
  • Specialized
8.7
eroded
3.9
worn
4 2.1
intact
304 3.7

Surface Forms

ablated positive

Morphology

ablated = ablate (transparent) = ablate + ed

A regular past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'ablate', so the relation between 'ablate' and 'ablated' is straightforward.

Etymology

Ablated comes from the Latin parts ab- meaning 'away' and latus meaning 'carried', the same root you see in translate ('to carry across'). So when something is ablated, it is 'carried away' or removed — for example melted, worn away by water, or turned into gas by heat.