attrition

suomi-englanti sanakirja

attrition englannista suomeksi

1. kuluminen

2. hankautuminen, hiertyminen

3. väsyttäminen, tuhoutuminen, painostaminen

4. pelosta johtuva katumus

5. hankaus

0. Substantiivi

1. kuluminen, hiertyminen

2. väheneminen, hupeneminen; rapautuminen intangible; hävikki tangible

3. poistuma

4. kato, attritio

5. attritio

6. attritio; taantuminen partial; menettäminen total

6. Verbi

7. kuluttaa

8. vähentää luonnollisen poistuman kautta">vähentää luonnollisen poistuman kautta

9. vähentyä, karsiutua

attrition englanniksi

1. Grinding down or wearing away by friction.

(ant)

2. The wearing of teeth due to their grinding.

3. A gradual reduction in number.

4. (quote-journal) more and more blatant ''reversals'' of previous Supreme Court decisions in favor of the constitutional rights of minorities. These increasingly conservative decisions, and constant attrition of individuals' rights, have directly paralleled the alarming increase of convictions in our courts.

5. A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through injury, incapacitation, retirement, resignation, or death.

(syn)

6. The loss of participants during an experiment.

7. The loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language.

8. Imperfect contrition or remorse.

9. To grind or down through friction.

(co)

10. {{quote-text|en|year=1989|author=Shashi Tharoor|title=The Great Indian Novel|location=New York|publisher=Arcade|section=Book 9, p. 189|url=https://archive.org/details/greatindiannovel00thar/page/189/mode/1up?q=attritioned

11. To reduce the number of (jobs or workers) by not hiring new employees to fill positions that become vacant (often with ''out'').Clarence Barnhart ''et al.,'' ''The Second Barnhart Dictionary of New English,'' Bronxville, NY: Barnhart Books.https://archive.org/details/secondbarnhartdi00tion/page/44/mode/1up

12. {{quote-book|en|year=1973|author=United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education|title=Hearings|page=186

13. {{quote-book|en|year=1989|author=Herbert S. White|chapter=The Future of Library and Information Science Education|title=Librarians and the Awakening from Innocence,|location=Boston|publisher=G.K. Hall|page=86|url=https://archive.org/details/librariansawaken0000whit/page/86/mode/1up?q=attritioning

14. To undergo a reduction in number.

(ux)

15. (l)