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Definition of Cavitate
1. Verb. (science) To form vapour bubbles in a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cavitate
1. to form cavities [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cavitate
Literary usage of Cavitate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells in the British Museum by Philip Pearsall Carpenter (1857)
"... albida, rufo-fusco virgata; foramine oblongo, in cavitate e prasino zonata
annulo [livido ... in cavitate lactea annulo roseo ..."
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