cavitate

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Verb[edit]

cavitate (third-person singular simple present cavitates, present participle cavitating, simple past and past participle cavitated)

  1. (sciences) To form vapour bubbles in a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure.

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Interlingua[edit]

Noun[edit]

cavitate (plural cavitates)

  1. cavity

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

cavitate

  1. inflection of cavitare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

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Participle[edit]

cavitate f pl

  1. feminine plural of cavitato

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Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

cavitāte

  1. ablative singular of cavitās

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French cavité. Equivalent to cav +‎ -itate.

Noun[edit]

cavitate f (plural cavități)

  1. cavity

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