rarefact
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French raréfaction.
Verb
rarefact (third-person singular simple present rarefacts, present participle rarefacting, simple past and past participle rarefacted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To reduce in density.
- 2013, Beth Schrope, Surgical and Interventional Ultrasound
- 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
Related terms
Translations
reduce in density
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