Cavity
['kævɪtɪ] or ['kævəti]
Definition
(noun.) (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body.
(noun.) soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth.
(noun.) space that is surrounded by something.
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Definition
(n.) Hollowness.
(n.) A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity.
Typist: Remington
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Hollow, aperture, opening.
Checker: Nellie
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See OPENING]
Editor: Shanna
Definition
n. a hollow place: hollowness: an opening.—adj. Cav′itied.
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Examples
- The sounds produced by the vocal cords are transformed into speech by the help of the tongue and lips, which modify the shape of the mouth cavity. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It is by means of these three bones that the vibrations of the ear drum are transmitted to the inner wall of the cavity. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Behind the first cavity is a second cavity so complex and irregular that it is called the labyrinth of the ear. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When a human being talks or sings, the air within the mouth cavity is thrown into sympathetic vibration and strengthens the otherwise feeble tone of the speaker. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- As the cavity is gradually filled up the tortoise presses the earth down with the outer edge of its foot. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Additional material was then deposited into the river to fill the cavity, and finally the tunnel was recovered, pumped out and work resumed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He said, they saw my stick and handkerchief thrust out of the hole, and concluded that some unhappy man must be shut up in the cavity. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- A small black cavity opened beneath it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The cavity at the front was then filled with water. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Several small bones stretch across the upper portion of the cavity and make a bridge, so to speak, from the ear drum to the far wall of the cavity. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The frozen block of whiskey with the cavity formed by the tube is shown on the left. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Other rocks, like limestone, are so readily soluble in water that from the small pores and cavities eaten out by the water, there may develop in long centuries, caves and caverns (Fig. 30). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The stalagmites were all a little concave, and the cavities were filled with water. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The brilliancy of the diamond hides these flaws when the diamond is clean, but when clouded with soap and dust these cavities fill up and show plainly. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There are eight rectangular tubes resting on those piers, to form two lines of railway, each tube being 28 feet high and 14 feet wide, exclusive of the cellular cavities at the top and bottom. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- These cavities are rectangular, and extend from one end of the bridge to the other, and may be regarded as long tubes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Sound is conveyed through these cavities as readily as through speaking tubes, and conversation can be thus easily carried on across the Straits. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Surface flaws consist of nicks or cavities in the face of the stone either above or below the girdle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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