rarefaction


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rar·e·fac·tion

 (râr′ə-făk′shən)
n.
1. The condition of being rarefied.
2.
a. A decrease in density and pressure in a medium, such as air, caused by the passage of a sound wave.
b. The region in which this occurs.

rar′e·fac′tive adj.
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rarefaction

(ˌrɛərɪˈfækʃən) or

rarefication

n
the act or process of making less dense or the state of being less dense
ˌrareˈfactional, ˌrarefiˈcational, ˌrareˈfactive adj
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rar•e•fac•tion

(ˌrɛər əˈfæk ʃən)

n.
1. the act or process of rarefying.
2. the state of being rarefied.
rar`e•fac′tion•al, adj.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.rarefaction - a decrease in the density of something; "a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium"
concentration - increase in density
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Translations
rarefação

rarefaction

[ˌrɛərɪˈfækʃən] Nrarefacción f
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rarefaction

nDünne f; (fig)Exklusivität f
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Ce ralentissement est du, essentiellement, a la rarefaction des projets des operateurs economiques.
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In the arising flow with discontinuities, there are typical elements such as a rarefaction wave, a contact discontinuity and a shock wave.
Lastly, rarefaction curves were used to understand the level of sampling in the environment.
[13] Several studies have reported that elevated BP increases the risk of structural and functional rarefaction in different microvascular beds, and may independently predict the subsequent development of clinical cardiovascular disease in the future.
To establish the number of species as a function of sample number, we plotted rarefaction curves, which showed a trend similar to that of the diversity indices (Figure 1).
Presidant la ceremonie d'ouverture du 1er forum exposition agricole international de Jordanie, le prince Hassan ben Talal a indique que la securite alimentaire dans le monde arabe "semble instable Uu l'horizon 2030 our plusieurs facteurs, Uu savoir la forte densite demographique, la rarefaction de l'eau et les changements climatiques".
Given that microvascular dysfunction and rarefaction are unquestionably involved in arterial hypertension pathophysiology and that hypertension can lead to microvascular alterations, a bi-directional causality most likely exists between the two conditions.