How to Use cavitation in a Sentence
cavitation
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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 | Braines@al.com, AL.com, 16 May 2017
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And that, in turn, created an even larger hole and more cavitation further down the tunnel.
—John D'anna, azcentral, 18 July 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Moore also brings up cavitation as a way of visualizing what is happening in the body.
—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 8 June 2022
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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
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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
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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
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The fluid is pressurized to 50 psi to minimize cavitation.
—Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
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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
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This seemingly mundane appliance is actually a cavitation chamber.
—Daniela Hernandez, WIRED, 8 Mar. 2013
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Scientists are also experimenting with something called cavitation curtains.
—Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2023
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Dive Deeper ⬇️ Another issue with conventional mechanical propulsion is cavitation.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2023
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