cavitate

cavitate (third-person singular simple present cavitates, present participle cavitating, simple past and past participle cavitated)

1. (sciences) To form vapour bubbles in a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure.

• supercavitate

• cavitation

• activate

cavitate (plural cavitates)

1. cavity

cavitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of cavitare
2. second-person plural imperative of cavitare
3. feminine plural of cavitato

• citavate

cavitāte

1. ablative singular of cavitās