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. (ambitransitive) 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.

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