Cavitate

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To form vapour bubbles in a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To form holes or cavities within an agitated liquid; react upon the water with *cavitation (which see): said of a screw propeller.
  • Word Usage
    "People have been struggling for years to try and design a very fast rotating boat propeller that doesn't cavitate and literally wear away the metal and put holes in it, just like these pictures show."
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