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erasure|ɪˈreɪʒə(r)|
[f. as erase + -ure.]
1. a. The action of erasing or obliterating.
1755Young Centaur vi. Wks. 1757 IV. 277 The desperate erasure of his Christian name. 1817W. Selwyn Law Nisi Prius II. 825 The devise to the trustees was not revoked by the erasure. 1836J. Gilbert Chr. Atonem. ii. (1852) 31 To select a part [of a book] which we may happen to approve, and by evasive arts to effect the erasure of the other part. 1861May Const. Hist. (1863) I. i. 24 The erasure of his name from the list of privy councillors.
b. An instance of erasing or obliterating.
1734tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. (1827) I. ii. 239 A good performance is not to be expected without many erasures and corrections. 1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. 183 If the number of these fancied erasures did not startle him. 1858Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xix. 146 The erasure was not made by the testator with an intention to revoke his will.
c. Electr. = erasing vbl. n. c.
1950G. A. Briggs Sound Reproduction (ed. 2) xx. 139 Thorough erasure of the tape or wire is necessary before it passes over the recording head. 1962A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio 252 Erasure, the removal of recorded signals from a tape so that it is ready to re-use. 1967Electronics 6 Mar. 79/2 (Advt.), Complete, gradual or selective erasure is possible.
2. concr. The place where a word or letter has been erased or obliterated.
a1891Mod. The word was written over an erasure.
3. Total destruction; ‘wiping out’. rare.
a1794Gibbon (O.), Erasure of cities. 1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. II. iv. iv. 267 Repeated destruction of the settlements and erasure of the accompanying progress of arts. |