Usually means: Deterioration causing flakes or fragments.
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  1. spalling: Merriam-Webster
  2. spalling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. spalling: Wordnik
  4. spalling: Wiktionary
  5. spalling: Dictionary.com
  6. Spalling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. spalling: Encyclopedia

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  1. spalling: Urban Dictionary

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  2. Spalling: Building pathology glossary
  3. Roofing Terms (No longer online)
  4. Spalling: A to Z of Terms related to the Thermal Spray Process and Surface Engineering
  5. Space and Electronic Warfare Lexicon (No longer online)
  6. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (spalling)

noun:  The process of reducing (stone blocks, etc.) to an approximately level surface by hammering.
noun:  Any process that spalls a surface, or the damage that results from that process: spallation.
noun:  A fragment or chip of stone.

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