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Definitions of rarefaction in various dictionaries:
noun - a decrease in the density of something
A decrease in density and pressure in a medium, such as air, caused by the passage of a sound wave.
The region in which this occurs.
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Nov 30 2017 The Times - Cryptic |
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Aug 16 2016 The Times - Cryptic |
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reduction in the density of something, especially air or a gas. |
a decrease in the density of something |
A decrease in density and pressure in a medium, such as air, caused by the passage of a sound wave. |
The region in which this occurs. |
Rarefaction description |
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Rarefaction is the reduction of an item's density, the opposite of compression. * Like compression, which can travel in waves (sound waves, for instance), rarefaction waves also exist in nature. A common rarefaction wave is the area of low relative pressure following a shock wave (see picture). * Rarefaction waves expand with time (much like sea waves spread out as they reach a beach); in most cases rarefaction waves keep the same overall profile ('shape') at all times throughout the wave's movement: it is a self-similar expansion. Each part of the wave travels at the local speed of sound, in the local medium. This expansion behaviour is in contrast to the behaviour of pressure increases, which gets narrower with time, until they steepen into shock waves. |