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   rarefaction

   /ˌrɛːrɪˈfakʃn/

   noun

   • 1. reduction in the density of something, especially air or a gas: "opposed processes such as rarefaction and condensation"
   • ▪ the lessening of density of tissue, especially of nervous tissue or bone: "the cord has undergone rarefaction"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from medieval Latin rarefactio(n-), from the verb rarefacere ‘grow thin, become rare’.

   Scrabble Points: 16

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