rarefaction in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for rarefaction in the English»Spanish Dictionary

rarefaction [Am ˌrɛrəˈfækʃ(ə)n, Brit ˌrɛːrɪˈfakʃ(ə)n] N U

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This sound can no longer be thought of as a simple wave of compression and rarefaction.

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Like compression, which can travel in waves (sound waves, for instance), rarefaction waves also exist in nature.

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Rarefaction allows the calculation of species richness for a given number of individual samples, based on the construction of so-called rarefaction curves.

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A common rarefaction wave is the area of low relative pressure following a shock wave (see picture).

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There will be no breathing of fresh air into the combustion zone until the arrival of the rarefaction wave.

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This rarefaction results in a temporary cooling of that air, which causes a condensation of some of the water vapor contained in it.

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The developing of certain diseases such as renal microvascular disease and capillary rarefaction may relate to this decrease in efficiency of sodium excretion.

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Today, rarefaction has grown as a technique not just for measuring species diversity, but of understanding diversity at higher taxonomic levels as well.

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Rarefaction does not provide an estimate of asymptotic richness, so it can not be used to extrapolate species richness trends in larger samples.

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This is succeeded by a rarefaction wave, which is responsible for propelling most of the ejecta out of the crater.

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