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- Dictionaryrar·e·fac·tion/ˌrerəˈfakSH(ə)n/
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- 1. diminution in the density of something, especially air or a gas: "opposed processes such as rarefaction and condensation"
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An example of rarefaction is also as a phase in a sound wave or phonon. Half of a sound wave is made up of the compression of the medium, and the other half is the decompression or rarefaction of the medium.]] Rarefaction is the reduction of an item's density, the opposite of compression. Like compression, which can travel in waves (sound waves, for instance), rarefaction waves also exist in natur... Wikipedia