The act of corroding or the condition so produced. / A substance (such as rust) so formed. / (chemistry) Erosion by chemical action, especially oxidation.

plural of corrosion

plural of corrosive

Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid. / Having the quality of fretting or vexing.

That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually. / Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.

The quality or property of corroding or being corrosive, of eating away or disintegrating; acrimony. / (figuratively) Such property in some immaterial agent.

Corrosiveness, especially when related to water.

In a corrosive manner.

(rare) corrodible

plural of corrosibility