Cavity Definition

kăvĭ-tē
cavities
noun
cavities
A hole or hollow place.
Webster's New World
A natural hollow place within the body.
The abdominal cavity.
Webster's New World
A hollow place in a tooth, esp. when caused by decay.
Webster's New World
A space enclosed by metal and with a rodlike projection in the center, used as a resonator, as with a magnetron to produce electromagnetic waves, esp. microwaves.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Cavity

Noun

Singular:
cavity
Plural:
cavities

Origin of Cavity

  • From Middle French cavité, from Late Latin cavitas, from Latin cavus (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos, from root Proto-Indo-European *ḱówH-

    From Wiktionary

  • French cavité from Late Latin cavitās from Latin cavus hollow keuə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cavity Sentence Examples

  • These processes stretch across the body cavity to be inserted in the dorsal and ventral middle lines.

  • The sub-umbral cavity (s.c.) functions as a brood-space for the developing embryos, which are set free by rupture of the wall.

  • It is evident that the outer envelope of the gonophore represents the ex-umbral ectoderm (ex.), and that the inner ectoderm lining the cavity represents the sub-umbral ectoderm of the free medusa.

  • The next step is the gradual obliteration of the sub-umbral cavity by disappearance of which the sub-umbral ectoderm comes into contact with the ectoderm of the manubrium.

  • S, Optical section of part of thick-walled stereid of Phanerogam, with almost obliterated cavity and narrow slit-like oblique pits.

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Words Starting With

CCACAV

Words Ending With

YTYITY

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cavity

Words Starting With C and Ending With Y

Starts With C & Ends With YStarts With CA & Ends With YStarts With C & Ends With TY

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With Y