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CREPITATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crepitation mean?
• CREPITATION (noun)
The noun CREPITATION has 1 sense:
1. the sharp sound of snapping noises
Familiarity information: CREPITATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sharp sound of snapping noises
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
crackle; crackling; crepitation
Hypernyms ("crepitation" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crepitation"):
decrepitation (the crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated)
Derivation:
crepitate (make a crackling sound)
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