cavitate

Verb. (science) To form vapour bubbles in a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.