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Definition of Rarefaction
1. Noun. A decrease in the density of something. "A sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium"
Definition of Rarefaction
1. n. The act or process of rarefying; the state of being rarefied; -- opposed to condensation; as, the rarefaction of air.
Definition of Rarefaction
1. Noun. a reduction in the density of a material, especially that of a fluid ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rarefaction
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Rarefaction
1. The process of becoming light or less dense; the condition of being light; opposed to condensation. Origin: L. Rarus, thin, + facio, to make (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rarefaction
Literary usage of Rarefaction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greek Philosophy from the Earliest Period to the Time of Socrates by Eduard Zeller (1881)
"But from Heracleitus' point of view, rarefaction and condensation were not the
cause but the consequence of the change of substance ; as he represents the ..."
2. The Elements of Experimental Chemistry by William Henry, Robert Hare (1823)
"Influence of the rarefaction and Condensation of ... It is not, however, by the
same degree of rarefaction of air, that the combustion of all bodies is ..."
3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1886)
"In order to utilize " air in its greatest vapor-carrying capacity," the influence
which renders its weight appreciable must be employed, and the rarefaction ..."
4. A History of Greek Philosophy from the Earliest Period to the Time of Socrates by Eduard Zeller (1881)
"he seems to have regarded as resulting from the movement of the air.1 rarefaction
he makes synonymous with heating, and condensation with cooling.2 The ..."
5. Handbook of Natural Philosophy by Dionysius Lardner (1865)
"A rarefaction has been therefore produced in the proportion of something more
... But it will be apparent that although by this process the rarefaction may ..."
6. The Free Expansion of Gases: Memoirs by Gay-Lussac, Joule, and Joule and Thomson by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, William Thomson Kelvin, James Prescott Joule (1898)
"Dr. Cullen and Dr. Darwin appear to have been the first who observed that the
temperature of air is decreased by rarefaction and increased by condensation ..."
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