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rarefiable

rarefiable adjective: capable of being rarefied.

Adjective

rarefiable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being rarefied.
    • […] Hovv the Air comes to be rarefiable ſo many times more vvithout Heat, than hitherto vve have found it to be by Heat.1671, Robert Boyle, “A Discovery of the Admirable Rarefaction of Air”, in Tracts […]. Of a Discovery of the Admirable Rarefaction of the Air. […], London: […] T. N. for Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC...

Origin of rarefiable

Compare French raréfiable.

Questions about rarefiable

What does rarefiable mean?
Rarefiable means capable of being rarefied.
What part of speech is rarefiable?
Rarefiable is an adjective.

Words near rarefiable in the dictionary

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

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