noun
Meaning 1
Hardness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
induration
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/ɪndjʊˈɹeɪʃən/
noun
Meaning 2
An enduring presence; fixity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
The process of becoming hard.
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noun
Meaning 4
A hardening of an area of the body as a reaction to inflammation, hyperemia, or neoplastic infiltration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
An area or part of the body that has undergone such a reaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
Topics: dermatology, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
The quality of nonfriability; the extent to which a rock does not crumble; rock strength.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
Examples
- "Induration is a measure of rock "strength" and is defined as the ratio of the measured frame modulus to the maximum frame modulus allowed by the Gassmann-Biot model." Spratt, R. S.; Goins, N. R. and Fitch, T. J. (1993) "Pseudo-shear — The analysis of AVO." Castagna, John P. and Backus, Milo M. (eds.) Offset-Dependent Reflectivity — Theory and Practice of AVO Analysis. Series: Investigation in Geophysics volume 8. Tulsa : Society of Exploration Geophysicistspp. 37-56, page 37, isbn 978-1-56080-059-0.
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noun
Meaning 7
The process of the strengthening of rocks by heating, compaction or cementation, or a combination thereof.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
Examples
- "Induration of carbonate rocks proceeds predominately in the early stages (prior to diagenesis) by compaction and expulsion of fluids." Whittaker, Alun (1985) Formation Evaluation: Geological Procedures Dordrecht : Springer Verlag page 104, isbn 978-94-010-8861-9.
- "At a given degree of induration, massive rocks of sandstone, siltstone, and limestone are the strongest, while shaly rocks with more or less parallel, closely spaced separation surfaces created during sedimentation in thin layers are the weakest." Committee on Underground Coal Mine Safety (1982) Toward Safer Underground Coal Mines Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, page 32, isbn 978-0-309-03298-8.
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noun
Meaning 8
any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sclerosis
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Broader terms: pathology
Narrower terms: multiple sclerosis, MS, disseminated sclerosis, disseminated multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, arteriolosclerosis, arteriosclerosis, arterial sclerosis, hardening of the arteries, induration of the arteries, coronary-artery disease, osteosclerosis
History
Etymology
From Middle English induracioun, from Old French induracion (“hardness, obstinacy”) or directly from Medieval Latin induratiō.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: втвърдяване (vtvǎrdjavane) — medical: hardening of an area of the body
- Finnish: kovettuminen — medical: hardening of an area of the body
- Polish: stwardnienie — medical: hardening of an area of the body
- Finnish: kovettuma — medical: hardened area of the body