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Define rarefaction (◕ᴥ◕)​

Answer 1

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●Rarefaction, in the physics of sound, segment of one cycle of a longitudinal wave during its travel or motion, the other segment being compression. This is rarefaction.

●A succession of rarefactions and compressions makes up the longitudinal wave motion that emanates from an acoustic source.

Answer 2

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Rarefaction is the reduction of an item's density, the opposite of compression. Like compression, which can travel in waves, rarefaction waves also exist in nature. A common rarefaction wave is the area of low relative pressure following a shock wave