adjective
- relating to or characterized by rarefaction; involving the process of making something less dense or more thin
Usage: technical; physics
Examples
- The rarefactional wave caused a decrease in air pressure.
- Scientists studied the rarefactional effects on the gas sample.
- The rarefactional process reduced the material’s density significantly.
- Acoustic waves include both compressional and rarefactional phases.
- The rarefactional zone showed lower particle concentration.
- Engineers measured the rarefactional properties of the fluid.