depletion

UK/dɪˈpliːʃən/US/dɪˈpliːʃən/

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Depletion is the using up of a supply until little is left. Depletion of stocks, ozone depletion, resource depletion.

Ozone depletion is the famous case, and the treaty that reversed it is the most successful environmental agreement there has been. In accounting, depletion is the writing down of a mine or well as it is used up.

Definitions of depletion

1noundepletionThe using up of a supply until little is left.C1
“Overfishing has led to the depletion of cod stocks in the North Sea.”

depletion is an exhausting.

Where it comes from

Latin depletio comes from deplere, to empty out.

Latin
depletio
English, today
depletion

Borrowed from Latin depletio, from depleō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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depletion in the wild

Ozone depletion and the ozone hole have generated worldwide concern over increased cancer risks and other negative effects.
Ozone depletion
Resource depletion occurs when a natural resource is consumed faster than it can be replenished.
Resource depletion
In African and Middle Eastern regions, humans and the environment are also altered due to soil depletion.
Soil fertility
Oil depletion is the decline in petroleum production of a well, oil field, or geographic area.
Oil depletion
Although the CMOS process replaced most NMOS designs during the 1980s, some depletion-load NMOS designs are still produced, typically in parallel with newer CMOS counterparts.
Depletion-load NMOS logic

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