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Scour may refer to:
Cleaning
- Scouring, a cleaning process for wool eg-the sheared fleece contain dirt this is cleaned by detergent called scouring
- Use of a scouring pad
Geologic processes
- Hydrodynamic scour, the removal of sediment such as sand and silt from around objects which disturb the flow, causing local high velocities which can remove the sediment particles and leave a local depression.
- Bridge scour, erosion of soil around at the base of a bridge pier or abutments via the flow of air, ice, or water
- Ice scour, also known as ice gouge, when a drifting ice feature (an iceberg, sea ice or a stamukha) scrapes the seabed
- Tidal scour, erosion of substrate via tidal forces
Technology
- Scour Inc., a multimedia search engine
- Scour, a Python Module to optimize and reduce the size of Scalable Vector Graphics, which is also included in Inkscape as an extension.
Other
- Scours, a term for diarrhea, especially among cattle
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