rarefaction
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In untreated fish, one of the most striking signs of kidney decline was the gradual loss of capillaries, a process known as vascular rarefaction.
From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026
Our analyses were carried out using a modest sequencing depth of 5,000 observations per sample after Deblur and rarefaction.
From Nature • Oct. 31, 2017
Whether the heat transfer from compression to rarefaction is significant depends on how far apart they are—that is, it depends on wavelength.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
This is how noise-canceling headphones work—they produce a sound wave that resembles the wave responsible for the unwanted sound, but with the original phases of rarefaction and compression flipped.
From Scientific American • Dec. 12, 2013
Professor Coffin is a believer in the generally-received theory of rarefaction, as the cause of all winds.
From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
