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cavitations

cavitations is the plural of cavitation.

Meaning of cavitation

Noun

cavitation (countable and uncountable, plural cavitations)

  1. The formation of pits on a surface.
  2. The formation, in a fluid, of vapor bubbles that rapidly collapse, especially in a rotating marine propeller or pump impeller.
  3. The formation of cavities in an organ, especially in lung tissue as a result of tuberculosis.

Questions about cavitations

What is cavitations the plural of?
Cavitations is the plural of cavitation.

Words near cavitations in the dictionary

  1. cavitates
  2. cavitating
  3. cavitation
  4. cavitational
  5. cavitationally
  6. cavitations
  7. cavitatory
  8. Cavite
  9. Cavite City
  10. CAVITEX
  11. Caviteño

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