rarefaction

See also: raréfaction

English

Etymology

From Middle French raréfaction.

Noun

rarefaction (countable and uncountable, plural rarefactions)

A reduction in the density of a material, especially that of a fluid.

Antonyms

compression

Related terms

rarefact

Translations

reduction in the density of a material

Chinese:
Mandarin: 稀疏 (zh) (xīshū), (in medicine) 疏鬆 (zh), 疏松 (zh) (shūsōng)
Finnish: harventaminen (fi), ohentaminen (fi), harventuminen (fi), ohentuminen

Russian: разреже́ние (ru) (razrežénije)
Turkish: seyrelme (tr), seyrekleşme (tr)

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