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rarefacting

rarefacting is the present participle and gerund of rarefact.

Meaning of rarefact

Verb

rarefact (third-person singular simple present rarefacts, present participle rarefacting, simple past and past participle rarefacted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To reduce in density.
    • As the ultrasound wave compresses and rarefacts through the medium, it causes microbubbles in the tissue to contract and expand.2013, Beth Schrope, Surgical and Interventional Ultrasound

Questions about rarefacting

What is rarefacting the present participle and gerund of?
Rarefacting is the present participle and gerund of rarefact.

Words near rarefacting in the dictionary

  1. raree show
  2. raree shows
  3. rarees
  4. rarefact
  5. rarefacted
  6. rarefacting
  7. rarefaction
  8. rarefactional
  9. rarefactions
  10. rarefactive
  11. rarefacts

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