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rarefaction
/ ˌrɛərɪfɪˈkeɪʃən; ˌrɛərɪˈfækʃən /
noun
- the act or process of making less dense or the state of being less dense
rarefaction
/ râr′ə-făk′shən /
- A decrease in density and pressure in a medium, such as air, especially when caused by the passage of a wave, such as a sound wave.
- The region in which this occurs.
Derived Forms
- ˌrareˈfactional, adjective
Other Words From
- rare·faction·al adjective
- rar·e·fac·tive [rair-, uh, -, fak, -tiv], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of rarefaction1
Example Sentences
Caries-related parameters included root canal fillings, apical rarefactions and caries lesions.
In reaching these heights of fancy, however, the movie achieves, to use one of Glaisher’s own words, “rarefaction.”
To investigate how mean tag sequence prevalence changes with increasing sequencing depth across environments, we calculated the average mean tag sequence prevalence across three replicate rarefactions.
Here is art that turns confectionery into both rarefaction and panache.
The compressions and rarefactions are rapidly transmitted through the air from the original source as a wave, making sound.
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