rarefactional
/ˌrɛrəˈfækʃənəl/
adjective
- Relating to or involving a decrease in density or pressure, especially in a gas or sound wave.
- In physics class, we learned about rarefactional waves in a slinky.
- Scientists studied the rarefactional effects in the vacuum chamber.
- The rarefactional phase of a sound wave is where the air molecules spread apart.
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