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-AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class III. Words Relating to Matter
Section II. Inorganic Matter
1. Solid Matter
322. Rarity.
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NOUN: | RARITY; tenuity; absence of solidity [See Density]; subtility; subtilty; sponginess, compressibility. rarefaction, rarefication [rare], expansion, dilatation, inflation, subtilization. ether (gas) [See Gaseity].
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VERB: | RAREFY, expand, dilate, subtilize [rare], attenuate, thin.
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ADJECTIVE: | RARE, subtile [now rare], subtle, thin, fine, tenuous, compressible, flimsy, slight; light [See Levity]; cavernous, porous, spongy (hollow) [See Concavity]. rarefied &c. v.; unsubstantial; uncompact, uncompressed; rarefiable, rarefactive, rarefactional.
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QUOTATIONS: | - Melted into air, thin air.—Tempest
- I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores.—Shelley, Cloud
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