RAREFACTION


Meaning of RAREFACTION in English

noun Etymology: French or Medieval Latin; French raréfaction, from Medieval Latin ~-, rarefactio, from Latin rarefacere to rarefy Date: 1572 the action or process of rarefying, the quality or state of being rarefied, a state or region of minimum pressure in a medium traversed by compressional waves (as sound waves), ~al adjective

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