"cavitate" meaning in English

See cavitate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈkæ.vɪ.teɪt/ [General-American, UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cavitate.wav Forms: cavitates [present, singular, third-person], cavitating [participle, present], cavitated [participle, past], cavitated [past]
Etymology: From cavity + -ate. Head templates: {{en-verb}} cavitate (third-person singular simple present cavitates, present participle cavitating, simple past and past participle cavitated)
  1. (sciences) To form vapour bubbles in a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure. Categories (topical): Sciences Derived forms: noncavitated, noncavitating, recavitate, supercavitate, uncavitated Related terms: cavitation
    Sense id: en-cavitate-en-verb-QvOetYtk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Topics: sciences

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "cavitates",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cavitating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cavitated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
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        },
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            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "noncavitated"
        },
        {
          "word": "noncavitating"
        },
        {
          "word": "recavitate"
        },
        {
          "word": "supercavitate"
        },
        {
          "word": "uncavitated"
        }
      ],
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        "To form vapour bubbles in a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "sciences",
          "sciences"
        ],
        [
          "vapour",
          "vapour"
        ],
        [
          "bubble",
          "bubble"
        ],
        [
          "liquid",
          "liquid"
        ],
        [
          "pressure",
          "pressure"
        ],
        [
          "vapour pressure",
          "vapour pressure"
        ]
      ],
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        "(sciences) To form vapour bubbles in a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "cavitation"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "UK"
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}
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    {
      "word": "noncavitated"
    },
    {
      "word": "noncavitating"
    },
    {
      "word": "recavitate"
    },
    {
      "word": "supercavitate"
    },
    {
      "word": "uncavitated"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cavitating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cavitated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cavitated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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        "English lemmas",
        "English verbs",
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      ],
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        "To form vapour bubbles in a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure."
      ],
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        [
          "sciences",
          "sciences"
        ],
        [
          "vapour",
          "vapour"
        ],
        [
          "bubble",
          "bubble"
        ],
        [
          "liquid",
          "liquid"
        ],
        [
          "pressure",
          "pressure"
        ],
        [
          "vapour pressure",
          "vapour pressure"
        ]
      ],
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        "(sciences) To form vapour bubbles in a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure."
      ],
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        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "UK"
      ]
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    }
  ],
  "word": "cavitate"
}

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