crepitationn.

/krɛpɪˈteɪʃən/

Etymology: noun of action < Latin crepitāre: see crepitate v. and -ation suffix. So French crépitation (Paré 16th cent.).

1. A crackling noise; crackling.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > crackling

crackling1599

crickle-crackle1637

crepitation1656

decrepitation1669

crinkling1823

crackle1833

crinkle1859

snap, crackle, pop1954

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Crepitation,..a creaking, crashing, or ratling noise.

1682 N. Grew Exper. Luctation ii. i. §6 in Anat. Plants 239 Crepitation; when, they make a kind of hissing and sometimes a crackling noise.

1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 193 Spatter..implies a more clear crepitation or crackling.

1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele II. 329 Rattling, crackling thunder, with prolonged electric crepitations.

1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 127 We hear a dry noise, a crepitation similar to that of the spark.

figurative.1805 R. Southey in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 7 The Anti-jacobin crepitations never reach me.

2. Medicine and Pathology. The slight sound and accompanying sensation caused by pressure on any portion of cellular tissue in which air is collected, or by the entrance of air into the lungs in a certain stage of inflammation; also, the noise and sensation observed in the grating together of the ends of fractured bones; the crackling noise sometimes observed in gangrenous parts when examined with the fingers; the cracking of a joint when pulled. ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon)

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sounds heard in body > [noun]

crepitus1826

crepitation1834

1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 11 Sometimes in cases of emphysema of the lungs..a species of dry crepitation is felt by the hand.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 157/1 His right leg presented all the signs of fracture of the fibula..such as..depression and crepitation above the outer ankle.

1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. i. 47 When suppuration or sloughing of the cellular tissue has taken place, fluctuation will be felt or crepitation, the parts often feeling boggy.

3. The action of rattling: see crepitate v. 4.

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1878 Coues Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. IV. 263 The rattle of the Crotalus cannot be distinguished from the crepitation of the large Western grasshopper.

4. The breaking of wind; crepitus ventris. rare.

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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of breaking wind > [noun]

fistingc1000

fartingOE

cracka1387

crackaret1653

crepitation1822

crepitus1882

1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 599 Openly venting their crepitations and eructations at table.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	crepitation
释义	crepitationn. /krɛpɪˈteɪʃən/ Etymology: noun of action < Latin crepitāre: see crepitate v. and -ation suffix. So French crépitation (Paré 16th cent.). 1. A crackling noise; crackling. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > crackling crackling1599 crickle-crackle1637 crepitation1656 decrepitation1669 crinkling1823 crackle1833 crinkle1859 snap, crackle, pop1954 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Crepitation,..a creaking, crashing, or ratling noise. 1682 N. Grew Exper. Luctation ii. i. §6 in Anat. Plants 239 Crepitation; when, they make a kind of hissing and sometimes a crackling noise. 1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 193 Spatter..implies a more clear crepitation or crackling. 1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele II. 329 Rattling, crackling thunder, with prolonged electric crepitations. 1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 127 We hear a dry noise, a crepitation similar to that of the spark. figurative.1805 R. Southey in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 7 The Anti-jacobin crepitations never reach me. 2. Medicine and Pathology. The slight sound and accompanying sensation caused by pressure on any portion of cellular tissue in which air is collected, or by the entrance of air into the lungs in a certain stage of inflammation; also, the noise and sensation observed in the grating together of the ends of fractured bones; the crackling noise sometimes observed in gangrenous parts when examined with the fingers; the cracking of a joint when pulled. ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sounds heard in body > [noun] crepitus1826 crepitation1834 1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 11 Sometimes in cases of emphysema of the lungs..a species of dry crepitation is felt by the hand. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 157/1 His right leg presented all the signs of fracture of the fibula..such as..depression and crepitation above the outer ankle. 1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. i. 47 When suppuration or sloughing of the cellular tissue has taken place, fluctuation will be felt or crepitation, the parts often feeling boggy. 3. The action of rattling: see crepitate v. 4. ΚΠ 1878 Coues Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. IV. 263 The rattle of the Crotalus cannot be distinguished from the crepitation of the large Western grasshopper. 4. The breaking of wind; crepitus ventris. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of breaking wind > [noun] fistingc1000 fartingOE cracka1387 crackaret1653 crepitation1822 crepitus1882 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 599 Openly venting their crepitations and eructations at table. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1656
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