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Preferred term

crumbling  

Type

  • owl:NamedIndividual

Definition

  • Detachment of aggregates of grains from the substrate. These aggregates are generally limited in size (less than 2 cm). This size depends of the nature of the stone and its environment. [ICOMOS-ISCS] (en)

Note

  • The disintegration of a material into small pieces as a result of chemical, physical or biological deterioration; the loss of cohesion between component materials, which can be due to gradual dissolution of the binder. [EwaGlos] (en)

In other languages

  • rozdrolení

    Czech

  • emiettement

    French

  • German

  • Absanden
  • Bröckelzerfall

URI

https://hist-arch-vocab.org/bvha#c_139610df

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