rarefaction

See also: raréfaction

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French raréfaction.

Noun

rarefaction (countable and uncountable, plural rarefactions)

1. 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／疏松 (zh) (shūsōng), 疏松 (zh) (shūsōng)

• Finnish: harventaminen (fi), ohentaminen (fi), harventuminen (fi), ohentuminen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: разреже́ние (ru) (razrežénije)
• Turkish: seyrelme (tr), seyrekleşme (tr)