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Word: Rarefaction
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: partly via French, from medieval Latin rarefactio(n-), from the Latin verb rarefacere ‘grow thin, become rare’ (see rarefy)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌrɛːrɪˈfakʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
reduction in the density of something, especially air or a gas
Short Definition:reduction in density of something
Examples:- opposed processes such as rarefaction and condensation
- a series of rarefactions and compactions
Variant Forms:
- rarifaction
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