adjective Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
adjective Pertaining to taking away or removing.
adjective Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying material, as in ablative paints used for antifouling, or ablative heat shields used to protect spacecraft during reentry. .
adjective Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ.
adjective Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier.