rarefaction

英[ˌreərɪ'fækʃn] 美[ˌrerə'fækʃən]
  • n. 稀薄;稀薄化
rarefactive
GRE
Noun:
  1. a decrease in the density of something;

    "a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium"

1. This is called a rarefaction and is represented by widely spaced dots.
这个区域称为稀疏区,并用疏散的小点表示.

来自辞典例句

2. The classical elementary waves in Riemann solutions include rarefaction wave, shock wave and contact discontinuity.
黎曼解涉及的经典基本波包括疏散波 、 激波和接触间断.

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Simulation results show that rarefaction effect plays an important role in gas damping, which decreases as Kn Number increases.
      数值模拟结果表明,稀薄效应对气体阻尼的影响较大,随着克努森数的不断增大,气体阻尼逐渐减小。
    2. Several applications require consideration of rarefaction, which motivates the present thesis to focus on simulation of driven cavity flows in this region.
      因此本文的动机是模拟空穴流场在稀薄区域上的应用。