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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Rarefaction

/(răr`ē̇*făk"shŭn)/ · Rar·e·fac·tion · IPA
01 n. The act or process of rarefying; the state of being rarefied; -- opposed to condensation; as, the rarefaction of air.
  1. 1.
    The act or process of rarefying; the state of being rarefied; -- opposed to condensation; as, the rarefaction of air.