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• Cavitation — is defined as the phenomenon of formation of vapour bubbles of a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure. Cavitation is usually divided into two classes of behavior: inertial (or transient)… …   Wikipedia

• cavitation — formation of bubbles in fluid, 1895, from CAVITY (Cf. cavity) + ATION (Cf. ation) …   Etymology dictionary

• cavitation — /kav i tay sheuhn/, n. 1. the rapid formation and collapse of vapor pockets in a flowing liquid in regions of very low pressure, a frequent cause of structural damage to propellers, pumps, etc. 2. such a pocket formed in a flowing liquid. [1890… …   Universalium

• cavitation — 1. Formation of a cavity, as in the lung in tuberculosis or with development of a bacterial lung abscess. 2. The production of small vapor containing bubbles or cavities in a liquid or tissue by ultrasound. * * …   Medical dictionary

• cavitation —   creation of pot holes in a stream bed due to the blasting effect of particles thrown against it by the formation and collapse of air bubbles. The bubbles form in streams flowing at high speed or under high pressure …   Geography glossary

• cavitation — noun a) The formation of pits on a surface. b) The formation, in a fluid, of vapor bubbles that rapidly collapse; especially in a rotating marine propeller or pump impeller …   Wiktionary

• cavitation —    1. The collapse of bubbles in a fluid, caused by static pressure being less than the fluid vapor pressure.    2. A phenomena of cavity formation, or formation and collapse, especially in regard to pumps, when the absolute pressure within the… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• cavitation — [ˌkavɪ teɪʃ(ə)n] noun Physics 1》 the formation of an empty space within a solid object or body. 2》 the formation of bubbles in a liquid by the movement of an object through it …   English new terms dictionary

• cavitation — n. 1 the formation of a cavity in a structure. 2 the formation of bubbles, or of a vacuum, in a liquid …   Useful english dictionary

• Mechanism of sonoluminescence — Sonoluminescence is a phenomenon that occurs when a small gas bubble is acoustically suspended and periodically driven in a liquid solution at ultrasonic frequencies, resulting in bubble collapse, cavitation, and light emission. The thermal… …   Wikipedia

• Sonoluminescence — is the emission of short bursts of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound.HistoryThe effect was first discovered at the University of Cologne in 1934 as a result of work on sonar. H. Frenzel and H. Schultes put an… …   Wikipedia