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rarefaction wave

موج ِ آلرش

mowj-e âlareš

Fr.: onde de raréfaction

A pressure wave in a fluid generated by rarefaction. It travels in the opposite direction to that of a shock wave in the medium.

See also: → rarefaction; → wave.