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n.
A rare skin disease consisting in the development of smooth, milk-white spots upon various parts of the body.
superl.
Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere at high elevations.
a.
Capable of being rarefied.
n.
The state or quality of being rare.
n.
A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, and also massive, of a brown to green color, rarely sulphur yellow and blue. It is a silicate of alumina and lime with some iron magnesia, and is common at Vesuvius. Also called idocrase.
n.
An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239.
superl.
Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton.
n.
A rare metallic element of which little is known. It is said by Scacchi to have been extracted from a yellowish incrustation from the cracks of a Vesuvian lava erupted in 1631.
v. t.
To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; -- opposed to condense.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Rarefy
superl.
Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event.
n.
A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment.
imp. & p. p.
of Rarefy
adv.
In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things rarely seen.
n.
The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch.
n.
The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, or the like; -- rarely occurring except in the phrase ups and downs.
n.
The winner in a contest; one who gets the better of another in any struggle; esp., one who defeats an enemy in battle; a vanquisher; a conqueror; -- often followed by art, rarely by of.
adv.
Finely; excellently; with rare skill. See 3d Rare, 2.
n.
A rare element of the nitrogen-phosphorus group, found combined, in vanadates, in certain minerals, and reduced as an infusible, grayish-white metallic powder. It is intermediate between the metals and the non-metals, having both basic and acid properties. Symbol V (or Vd, rarely). Atomic weight 51.2.
n.
The act or process of rarefying; the state of being rarefied; -- opposed to condensation; as, the rarefaction of air.
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