raréfaction
Appearance
See also: rarefaction
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Medieval Latin rārēfactiōnem, from rarefaciō (“to rarefy”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]raréfaction f (plural raréfactions)
- act of becoming more rare
- 2017 February 9, Christophe Alix, “Le travail maté par les automates?”, in Libération[1]:
- Après les caisses automatiques qui ont permis aux groupes de réduire leurs effectifs, l’invention par Amazon d’un supermarché sans caissier pourrait devenir le symbole de la raréfaction de l’emploi.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (physics, dated) rarefaction (reduction in the density of a material)
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “rarefaction”): condensation
Further reading
[edit]- “raréfaction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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