PITTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pitting mean? 

• PITTING (noun)
  The noun PITTING has 1 sense:

1. the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion

  Familiarity information: PITTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PITTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

indentation; pitting; roughness

Hypernyms ("pitting" is a kind of...):

corroding; corrosion; erosion (erosion by chemical action)

Derivation:

pit (mark with a scar)

 Context examples 

The regression of the lesions leaves pitting cicatrices but no other known sequelae.

(Multiple Self Healing Epithelioma of Ferguson-Smith, NCI Thesaurus)

Tests may include polarization, potentiostatic, galvanic, critical pitting/crevice temperature, and inhibitor testing.

(Device Degradation Corrosion Erosion Testing Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

Signs and symptoms include shortness of breath, pitting edema, enlarged tender liver, engorged neck veins, and pulmonary rales.

(Congestive heart failure, NCI Thesaurus)

But under it all they were men, penetrating the land of desolation and mockery and silence, puny adventurers bent on colossal adventure, pitting themselves against the might of a world as remote and alien and pulseless as the abysses of space.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

And as this idea of fulfilling Wolf Larsen’s order persisted in my dazed consciousness, I seemed to see him standing at the wheel in the midst of the wild welter, pitting his will against the will of the storm and defying it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A question about whether an individual has or had swelling or pitting; which occurs when you press firmly on your skin and the dent stays long enough to feel it when you slide the pad of your finger across it.

(Have Swelling with Pitting, NCI Thesaurus)