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rarefacts

rarefacts is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 rarefacts

What is rarefacts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rarefacts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rarefact.

Words near rarefacts in the dictionary

  1. rarefacting
  2. rarefaction
  3. rarefactional
  4. rarefactions
  5. rarefactive
  6. rarefacts
  7. rarefiable
  8. rarefication
  9. rarefications
  10. rarefied
  11. rarefier

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