2. Noun. (science) The formation, in a fluid, of vapor bubbles that rapidly collapse; especially in a rotating marine propeller or pump impeller. ¹
3. Noun. (biology) The formation of cavities in an organ, especially in lung tissue as a result of tuberculosis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cavitation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Cavitation
1. 1. Formation of a cavity, as in the lung in tuberculosis. 2. The production of small vapor-containing bubbles or cavities in a liquid or tissue by ultrasound. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cavitation
Literary usage of Cavitation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Screw Propellers and Estimation of Power for Propulsion of Ships: Also Air by Charles Wilson Dyson (1918)
"Should the ship be loaded heavier than at first, the opposite effect occurs,
cavitation is produced earlier. " To lighten the load on a vessel with a given ..."
2. Marine Engineers' Handbook by Frank W (Ed Sterling (1920)
"cavitation In discussing this subject, it must be divided into two condition*,
... will all pass through the design point without cavitation. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1904)
"On cavitation in Liquids, and its Occurrence in Lubrication. ... I now find that
in Observation 11 he did notice the cavitation of the water but he did not ..."
4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1903)
"The inflow of the liquid depends in some way on the viscosity, and the A paper "On
the Occurrence of cavitation in Lubrication " was read by Mr. S. SKINNER. ..."
5. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"Minimum cavitation number is Sigma = 0.4 (at 1.5 psia and 12 knots). This facility
is used primarily to conduct fundamental, applied and developmental ..."
6. Marine Propellers by Sydney Walker Barnaby (1908)
"cavitation. IN the year 1888, speaking at the Institution of Naval Architects
upon a paper by Sir Alfred Greenhill on ' A Theory of the Screw Propeller,' ..."
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