cav|i|ta|tion

cav|i|ta|tion
cav|i|ta|tion «KAV uh TAY shuhn», noun.
1. Physics. the formation of cavities in a fluid downstream from an object moving in it, as behind the moving blades of a propeller: »

Cavitation is produced by high speed propellers and causes heavy erosions in armour plates (Gabriele Rabel).

2. Medicine. the formation of cavities in any body structure, especially in tuberculous lungs.
3. any one of the cavities thus formed.

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  • Cavillation — Cav il*la tion ( l[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [F. cavillation, L. cavillatio.] Frivolous or sophistical objection. [Obs.] Hooker. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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