| Subject | Russian | English |
| O&G, tengiz. | боковой износ рельса | horizontal wear (caused by wheel flanges) |
| O&G, tengiz. | волнистый износ рельса | rail fluting |
| mech.eng., obs. | волнистый износ рельсов | rail corrugation |
| railw. | волнистый износ рельсов | fluting of rails |
| railw. | волнистый износ ходовых рельсов | rail corrugation |
| railw. | допускаемый износ головки рельса | wearing depth of rail head |
| railw. | износ рельса | rail wear |
| O&G, tengiz. | износ рельса боковой | gage wear (caused by wheel flanges) |
| O&G, tengiz. | износ рельса боковой | side wear (caused by wheel flanges) |
| O&G, tengiz. | износ рельса боковой | gage face loss (caused by wheel flanges) |
| O&G, tengiz. | износ рельса вертикальный | vertical wear (wear on the top of the railhead i.e. reduction of the railhead caused by the wheel tread - result of abrasive action between the steel wheel on the steel rail) |
| O&G, tengiz. | износ рельса вертикальный | top wear (wear on the top of the railhead i.e. reduction of the railhead caused by the wheel tread - result of abrasive action between the steel wheel on the steel rail) |
| O&G, tengiz. | износ рельса вертикальный | tread wear (wear on the top of the railhead i.e. reduction of the railhead caused by the wheel tread - result of abrasive action between the steel wheel on the steel rail) |
| O&G, tengiz. | износ рельса вертикальный | head height loss (wear on the top of the railhead i.e. reduction of the railhead caused by the wheel tread - result of abrasive action between the steel wheel on the steel rail) |
| railw. | износ рельсов | abrasion of rails |
| railw. | износ рельсов | consumption of rails |
| mil. | износ рельсов | rail wear |
| railw. | износ рельсового конца | rail-end batter |
| railw. | рельс с волнообразным износом | noisy rail |
| O&G, tengiz. | ускоренный износ рельса | increased rail wear |
