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Definition of Rarefactions
1. rarefaction [n] - See also: rarefaction
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rarefactions
Literary usage of Rarefactions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"... of the disturbance, just as the condensations and rarefactions of the air that
affect the ear drum are concomitants of the displacements of the air. ..."
2. The Problem of Human Life: Embracing the "evolution of Sound" and "evolution by Alexander Wilford Hall (1880)
"I will, however, first let him explain to the reader how these "condensations"
and "rarefactions" from two unison forks, by interfering, may "abolish the ..."
3. Evolution of Sound: Part of the Problem of Human Life Here and Hereafter by Alexander Wilford Hall (1878)
"I will, however, first let him explain to the reader how these "condensations"
and "rarefactions" from two unison forks, by interfering, may "abolish the ..."
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