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
Figure 17.4 As the string moves to the left, it creates another compression and rarefaction as the ones on the right move away from the string.
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
First, the rarefaction of the air by fire.
From Fraternal Charity by Valuy, Benôit
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