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   Ablation (), n. [L. ablatio, fr. ablatus p. p. of auferre to carry away; ab + latus, p. p. of ferre carry: cf. F. ablation. See Tolerate.]
   1. A carrying or taking away; removal.  Jer. Taylor.
   
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   2. (Med.) Extirpation. Dunglison.  AS
   
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   3. (Med.) Removing or destroying of a body tissue, especially by a surgical procedure. Dorland.
   
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   4. (Geol.) Wearing away; superficial waste, as of glacial ice or snow.  Tyndall.
   
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   5. (Aerospace)   Wearing away of the outer layers of a protective shield or surface by the heat and aerodynamic forces caused by flying through the atmosphere at  hypersonic speed, as during reentry from space; as, “ablation of the heat shield during reentry”.
   
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