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cavity

ca·vity

UK/ˈkæv.ɪt.i/ US/ˈkʰæv.ɨɾ.i/ fairly common

noun

1.

a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

  • “they dug a pit to bury the body”
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Origin

From Middle French cavité or Late Latin cavitās, from cav(i) (“hollow, excavated, concave”) + -tās (“-ity”, nominal suffix). First attested in the Mid-16th c.

Phrases

  • body cavity search
  • cavity magnetron
  • cavity QED
  • cavity quantum electrodynamics
  • cavity resonator
  • cavity search
  • cavity wall
  • centre of cavity

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