crepitation

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Definition of crepitation

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noun

(countable, uncountable)The act of crepitating or crackling.

“When she returned the room was silent again, save for the faint crepitation of his chair and the occasional clink of a bottle.”
“Silence again, save for the crepitation of the flames, the fall of an ember, the murmur of the current.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)The act of crepitating or crackling.

“When she returned the room was silent again, save for the faint crepitation of his chair and the occasional clink of a bottle.”
“Silence again, save for the crepitation of the flames, the fall of an ember, the murmur of the current.”
(countable, uncountable)A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air.
(countable, uncountable)A crepitant rale.

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