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rarefaction (n.)
c. 1600, from Middle French
raréfaction
or directly from Medieval Latin
rarefactionem
(nominative
rarefactio
), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin
rarefacere
(see
rarefy
). Used chiefly in reference to gases.
