rarefact

English

Etymology

From Middle French raréfaction.

Verb

rarefact (third-person singular simple present rarefacts, present participle rarefacting, simple past and past participle rarefacted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To reduce in density.
   • 2013, Beth Schrope, Surgical and Interventional Ultrasound‎^[1]:

     As the ultrasound wave compresses and rarefacts through the medium, it causes microbubbles in the tissue to contract and expand.

Related terms

• rarefaction

Translations

reduce in density

• Russian: разреди́ть (ru) (razredítʹ)