pitting

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pitting

noun pittings

countable, uncountable The formation of pits on a surface because of corrosion. Hall found the immediate cause at Rickerscote to have been the complete fracture of an axle on STS 53241, the freight train's ninth wagon. The fracture had been caused by fatigue initiated by corrosion pitting on the axle surface.
countable, uncountable The digging of a pit. Test pittings were carried out prior to the main excavation.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of pit

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: indentation, roughness, scalariform, picket, facing, bearing, oedema, picketing, confronting, opposing, inciting, pitting corrosion, cavitation, rusting, corrosion, cracking

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@misc{pitting_2026,
  title = {pitting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pitting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}