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Refaction
(gcide) | Refaction \Re*fac"tion\ (r?*f?k"sh?n), n. [See Refection.]
Recompense; atonement; retribution. [Obs.] --Howell.
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putrefaction
(encz) | putrefaction,hniloba n: Zdeněk Brožputrefaction,putrefakce n: [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačputrefaction,rozklad n: Zdeněk Brož |
rarefaction
(encz) | rarefaction,ředění n: Zdeněk Brož |
Arefaction
(gcide) | Arefaction \Ar`e*fac"tion\, n. [L. arefacere to dry.]
The act of drying, or the state of growing dry.
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The arefaction of the earth. --Sir M. Hale.
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Putrefaction
(gcide) | Putrefaction \Pu`tre*fac"tion\, n. [L. putrefactio: cf. F.
putr['e]faction. See Putrefy.]
1. The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay
of albuminous or other matter.
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Note: Putrefaction is a complex phenomenon involving a
multiplicity of chemical reactions, always accompanied
by, and without doubt caused by, bacteria and
vibriones; hence, putrefaction is a form of
fermentation, and is sometimes called putrefaction
fermentative. Putrefaction is not possible under
conditions that preclude the development of living
organisms. Many of the products of putrefaction are
powerful poisons, and are called cadaveric poisons, or
ptoma["i]nes.
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2. The condition of being putrefied; also, that which
putrefied. "Putrefaction's breath." --Shelley.
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Rarefaction
(gcide) | Rarefaction \Rar`e*fac"tion\ (r[a^]r`[-e]*f[a^]k"sh[u^]n), n.
[Cf. F. rar['e]faction. See Rarefy.]
The act or process of rarefying; the state of being rarefied;
-- opposed to condensation; as, the rarefaction of air.
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Torrefaction
(gcide) | Torrefaction \Tor`re*fac"tion\, n. [L. torrefacere,torrefactum,
to torrefy: cf. F. torr['e]faction. See Torrefy.]
The act or process of torrefying, or the state of being
torrefied. --Bp. Hall.
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putrefaction
(wn) | putrefaction
n 1: a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
[syn: putrefaction, rot]
2: (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal
action [syn: decomposition, rot, rotting,
putrefaction]
3: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles;
"the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral
degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its
brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen
into moral putrefaction" [syn: corruption, degeneracy,
depravation, depravity, putrefaction] |
rarefaction
(wn) | rarefaction
n 1: a decrease in the density of something; "a sound wave
causes periodic rarefactions in its medium" |
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