encrustation
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- noun
- /ɪnˌkrʌsˈteɪʃən/
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incrustación
- Marine biologists studied the encrustation on the coral to understand its growth patterns.
Examples
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The technician carefully removed the encrustation from the valve to ensure it functioned properly.
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The first thing to do is to remove the encrustation buildup on each item.
Blog text (29) -
Scale/encrustation removal
Academic text (1998) -
Heterotrophic bacteria often produce encrustation in gravel packs, on screens, and on pumping equipment, thus causing clogging.
Academic text (1998) -
Years of neglect resulted in an encrustation of dirt and algae on the old statue.
Synonyms
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A thin sheet of material that covers a surface
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A hard outer layer that forms on things like bread or dried mud
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A hard dry layer that forms on a surface
A hard layer of minerals or dirt that forms on a surface
Antonyms
How Thick
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Encrustation comes from the same French idea: en- 'to put on' and crust 'hard outer layer', just like the crust on food or a shell. That is why a natural encrustation is a hard layer that forms on something, for example mineral layers in a pipe or barnacles on a ship.