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depletion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /dɪˈpliːʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin depletio, depletionem, from depleō.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
   • The Great Northern 4-4-0s have all vanished, and there has been some depletion in the ranks of North British "Glens" and "Scotts." 1954 May, John W. Grant, “A Railway Requiem”, in Railway Magazine, page 351:
2. (countable, uncountable) The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence.
4. (countable, qualifier:timber industry; oil industry; timber industry; oil industry, uncountable) gradual expense or use of natural resources over time.

Forms

Deriveds

oxygen depletion · haplodepletion · magnetodepletion · myelodepletion · hyperdepletion · lymphodepletion · stimulated emission depletion microscope · immunodepletion · stimulated emission depletion microscopy · leucodepletion · hemodepletion · allodepletion · depletional · leukodepletion · nondepletion · ribodepletion · mucodepletion · codepletion · photodepletion

Relateds

deplete

Translations (23)

es depleción (exhaustion) · de Erschöpfung (exhaustion) · ga laghdú (exhaustion) · ca exhauriment (exhaustion) · pt exaustão (exhaustion) · ko 소모 (exhaustion) · fr déplétion (gradual expense or use of natural resources over time) · de Erschöpfen (exhaustion) · ca depleció (consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished) · ca depleció (gradual expense or use of natural resources over time) · id deplesi (gradual expense or use of natural resources over time) · ko 고갈 (consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished) · de Schwund (consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished) · pt depleção (consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished) · it esaurimento (exhaustion) · de Verarmung (consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished) · de Abbau (consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished) · de Leerung (consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished) · pt esgotamento (exhaustion) · ms susutan (gradual expense or use of natural resources over time) · pt esgotamento (consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished) · pt depleção (exhaustion) · mi whakataweketanga (exhaustion)