How to Use cavitation in a Sentence

cavitation

noun

• As the hammer presses into the pocket, a cavitation bubble of air is released that rushes out from the claw at about 62 miles per hour.
  — Ben Raines | [e-mail], AL.com, 16 May 2017
• And that, in turn, created an even larger hole and more cavitation further down the tunnel.
  — John D'anna, azcentral, 18 July 2019
• That hole in effect became a second bump in the concrete and spawned its own cycle of cavitation destruction.
  — John D'anna, azcentral, 18 July 2019
• Boat propellers and turbine blades are often ruined by cavitation forces; mantis shrimps use them to crack the hard shells of their victims.
  — Thomas Cronin, University Of Maryland, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2018
• This, according to Castle, could send shock waves through the dam, a process known as cavitation that could cause enormous internal damage.
  — Nick Bowlin, Outside Online, 4 May 2022
• More liquid prevents cavitation in a blender, that annoying phenomenon when an air pocket forms above the blade and keeps it from coming in contact with the food.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2020
• Moore also brings up cavitation as a way of visualizing what is happening in the body.
  — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 8 June 2022
• The event was simply the sound of bubbles in the synovial fluid between our joints collapsing, researchers concluded, the result of something called cavitation.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2018
• This, the researchers tell us, means that there is agreement between the cavitation model for joint popping and the experimental evidence.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 5 Apr. 2018
• Plants obviously don’t have vocal cords; it’s suspected that the sound is created by cavitation—a term used to describe how bubbles or voids in liquid behave and move.
  — Hollyanna McCollom, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Apr. 2023
• The fluid is pressurized to 50 psi to minimize cavitation.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
• Ninety minutes in the bath, set at a frequency of 40 kHz, gives the surface of each slice of potato micropockets made by cavitation bubbles, which create a maximally crispy exterior, post-frying.
  — Bethany Jean Clement, Town & Country, 1 Jan. 2012
• This seemingly mundane appliance is actually a cavitation chamber.
  — Daniela Hernandez, WIRED, 8 Mar. 2013
• Scientists are also experimenting with something called cavitation curtains.
  — Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2023
• Dive Deeper ⬇️ Another issue with conventional mechanical propulsion is cavitation.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2023

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024