Geological Processes Terminology

noun the act of belching or emitting gas from the stomach through the mouth

verb to belch or emit gas from the stomach through the mouth

• The medical term for burping is 'eructation'.
• I couldn't help but eruct after drinking that fizzy soda.
• I eructed so loudly, my friends couldn't stop laughing.
• The volcano seemed to eruct fire and ash into the sky.

noun the process of thinning or weakening due to the addition of material through accretion

• The process of accretion thinning occurs when new material is added to a surface while simultaneously reducing its thickness.
• Accretion thinning is like when you keep piling stuff on a table but it starts to get thinner and thinner.
• Adding stuff but making it thinner at the same time is what accretion thinning is all about.
• Just like how layers of paint can thin out as you keep adding more, accretion thinning refers to the gradual reduction in thickness while adding material.