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rarefied

(of a gas, esp the atmosphere at high altitudes) having a low density; thin

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No references found			And what can physicians conjecture from feeling the pulse unless they know that according as the blood changes its nature it can be rarefied by the warmth of the heart, in a higher or lower degree, and more or less quickly than before? Reason For Discourse by Descartes, Rene View in context , thinner--than the atmosphere of the surrounding country, a plane drops a little on entering the rarefied area, precisely as a ship sinks a little in fresh water. Actions and Reactions by Kipling, Rudyard View in context However, were the forty-four thousand eight hundred and forty-seven cubic feet of gas of which we speak, all introduced into the balloon, it would be entirely filled; but that would not do, because, as the balloon continued to mount into the more rarefied layers of the atmosphere, the gas within would dilate, and soon burst the cover containing it. Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context			raptor raptorial rapture of the deep Rapunzel Rara rare rare earth rare earth metal rare earths rare gas Rare Metal rare mode rare set rare-earth alloy rare-earth chelate laser Rare-Earth Element rare-earth garnet rare-earth magnet rare-earth metals rare-earth mineral rare-earth salts rare-earth-doped fiber amplifier Rare-Metals Industry, Institute of the rarefaction rarefaction wave rarefied rarefied gas Rarefied gas flow rarefraction RAREP Rarita-Schwinger equation Raritan Rarotonga RARP Rarytkin RAS Ras Addar Ras al-Khaimah Ras al-Tannurah Ras at Tib Ras Dashen Ras protein Ras Shamra Rasa Rasa Leela Festival Rasanen, Arvo Martti Oktavianus Räsänen, Arvo Martti Oktavianus Rasar State Park raschel knitting Raschig process Raschig ring			rare-earth screen rare-earth screen rare-earth-doped fiber amplifier Rare-Metals Industry, Institute of the rare-roasted rarebit rarebits Rarebyte RAREC Raredos Raredos raree show raree-show raree-shows RAREF rarefaction rarefaction rarefaction rarefaction wave rarefaction, bone Rarefaction-Condensation Differential Potential rarefactions rarefactions rarefactions rarefactive rarefactive rarefactive rarefiable rarefication rarefications rarefied rarefied gas Rarefied gas flow Rarefied-Flow Aerodynamics Measurement Experiment rarefies Rarefraction Rarefraction Rarefraction rarefy rarefy rarefying rarefying osteitis rarefying osteitis rarefying osteitis rarely Rarely Asked Questions Rarely Purchased Management System Rarely Used Environment Transformation rareness rareness rareness rareness RAREP RAREP rarer rarer rarer rarer rareripe RARES RARES

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