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rarefact en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle French raréfaction.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To reduce in density.
    • As the ultrasound wave compresses and rarefacts through the medium, it causes microbubbles in the tissue to contract and expand. 2013, Beth Schrope, Surgical and Interventional Ultrasound:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rarefacts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rarefacting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rarefacted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rarefacted Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

rarefaction

Translations (5)

pl rozrzedzać (reduce in density) · pl rozrzedzić (reduce in density) · pl rozcieńczyć (reduce in density) · pl rozcieńczać (reduce in density) · ru разреди́ть (reduce in density)