supercavitation
/ˌsuːpəˌkavɪˈteɪʃn/ /ˌs(j)uːpəˌkavɪˈteɪʃn/Engineering
noun
Enhanced cavitation in which large continuous cavities are formed behind an object moving rapidly through a liquid.
- Supercavitation acts to reduce the drag on a moving object. Devices such as propellers and high-speed torpedoes can be designed to exploit this..
Origin
1940s. From super- + cavitation, after supercavitating.
- reconciliatory
- reconcilist
- reconcoct
- recondensation
- recondense
- recondite
- recondition
- reconditioner
- recondity
- reconduct
- reconduction
- reconfer
- reconfess
- reconfigurable
- reconfiguration
- reconfigure
- reconfine
- reconfirm
- reconfirmation
- reconfiscate
- reconfiscation
- recongeal
- recongealed
- reconjoin
- reconjunction