Usually means: Reduction in density and pressure.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word rarefaction:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. rarefaction: Merriam-Webster
  2. rarefaction: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rarefaction: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rarefaction: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rarefaction: Vocabulary.com
  6. rarefaction: Wordnik
  7. rarefaction: Wiktionary
  8. rarefaction: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. rarefaction: Dictionary.com
  10. Rarefaction (ecology), Rarefaction: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Rarefaction: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. rarefaction: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. rarefaction: Rhymezone
  14. Rarefaction: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. rarefaction: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. rarefaction: FreeDictionary.org
  17. rarefaction: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. rarefaction: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rarefaction: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. rarefaction: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  5. rarefaction: Medical dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  3. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See rarefactional as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (rarefaction)

noun:  A reduction in the density of a material, especially that of a fluid.

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