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raréfier air, gaz

to rarefy

se raréfier gaz, atmosphère:

to rarefy

Translations for rarefy in the French»English Dictionary

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to rarefy

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At first the term referred to intentionally nonmainstream rock acts that were not influenced by heavy metal ballads, rarefied new wave and high-energy dance anthems. en.wikipedia.org

But over the years new kinds of melodies emerged more rarefied, harder to pin down. en.wikipedia.org

Then lower the body of the tongue to rarefy the air above it. en.wikipedia.org

Oxygen, especially when it's hot and extremely rarefied, glows a ghostly green... and that's what we're seeing here with this distant galaxy. www.slate.com

The steam will alternately compress and rarefy in the bell, creating the sound. en.wikipedia.org

If it all sounds rarefied -- well, it is. www.fastcompany.com

They're becoming an increasingly rarefied, trick-pony circuit rather than a common student experience, like square dancing and having to memorize state capitals. voices.washingtonpost.com

If that makes the show sound like a dinner-party conversation, it's a sprawling one, sometimes rambunctious, sometimes rarefied, engrossing but dragging on too long. www.smh.com.au

Interestingly, the more rarefied the study such as higher forms of mathematics and quantum physics, the more likely is beauty found to be a reliable guide. en.wikipedia.org

Such treatments were also believed to rarefy the humours, rendering them easy to be carried off by the pores. en.wikipedia.org

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