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  physical weathering /fˈɪzɪkəl wˈɛðəɹɪŋ/
  mechanische Verwitterung
     Synonyms: mechanical weathering, disintegration, disaggregation
  
   see: weathering, decay, surface disintegration, cavernous weathering, carbonation, chemical weathering, decomposition, efflorescence, immature weathering, humic decomposition, concentric weathering, speroidal weathering, onion weathering, degradation, submarine weathering, halmyro(ly)sis