Wednesday Word: Cavitation

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

Cavitation - noun. A pocket or cavity created by a flowing liquid or the rapid formation and collapse of vapour pockets within a flowing liquid. Cavitation is a problem for mechanical equipment. The word was accidentally suggested to me by my husband after he watched a documentary about the Three Mile Island disaster and I said, "Cav-i-what-now?" as he described it. You have probably seen this phenomenom in action but didn't know there was a name for it, of course!

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Comments

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

Something that dentists love spotting.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

I work with enough engineers to hear that word and react "Ooo, that's not good."