"rarefaction" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: rarefactions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French raréfaction. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|raréfaction}} Middle French raréfaction Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rarefaction (countable and uncountable, plural rarefactions)
  1. A reduction in the density of a material, especially that of a fluid. Wikipedia link: rarefaction Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: rarefact Translations (reduction in the density of a material): তনুকরণ (tonukron) (Bengali), তনুভবন (tonubhobon) (Bengali), разреждане (razreždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 稀疏 (xīshū) (Chinese Mandarin), 疏鬆 (note: in medicine) (Chinese Mandarin), 疏松 (shūsōng) (Chinese Mandarin), harventaminen (Finnish), ohentaminen (Finnish), harventuminen (Finnish), ohentuminen (Finnish), проретчување (proretčuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), rarefação [feminine] (Portuguese), разреже́ние (razrežénije) (Russian), rarefacción [feminine] (Spanish), seyrelme (Turkish), seyrekleşme (Turkish)

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