cavity

Found in thesaurus: hollow, hole, space, decay, anatomical structure, bodily structure, structure, body structure, complex body part

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cavity

n. hole, empty space; caries, tooth decay (Pathology)

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Cavity

A cavity is a hollow in an object. It may refer to:

Cavity or dental caries, a damage to the structure of a tooth
Body cavity, a fluid filled space in many animals where organs typically develop
Cavity (heat source), the regions formed between adjacent fins to extract heat from a variety of heat generating bodies to a heat sink
Cavity wall, a wall consisting of two skins with a cavity
Cavity (band), a sludge metal band from Miami, Florida
Cavity method, a mathematical method to solve some mean field type of models

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cavity

Noun
1. a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body"
(synonym) pit
(hypernym) hole, hollow
(hyponym) barbecue pit
2. space that is surrounded by something
(synonym) enclosed space
(hypernym) space
(hyponym) hollow
3. soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
(synonym) caries, dental caries, tooth decay
(hypernym) decay
4. (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
(synonym) bodily cavity, cavum
(hypernym) structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
(hyponym) blastocoel, blastocoele, blastocele, segmentation cavity, cleavage cavity
(part-holonym) body, organic structure, physical structure
(classification) anatomy, general anatomy

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cavity

n. dutina; kavita; zubní kaz

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cavity

Rzecz. wydrążenie; dziura; ubytek