What does Cavity mean?

Definitions for Cavity
ˈkæv ɪ ticav·i·ty

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Cavity.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. pit, cavitynoun

    a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

    "they dug a pit to bury the body"

  2. cavity, enclosed spacenoun

    space that is surrounded by something

  3. cavity, caries, dental caries, tooth decaynoun

    soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth

  4. cavity, bodily cavity, cavumnoun

    (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

Wiktionary

  1. cavitynoun

    A hole or hollow depression.

  2. cavitynoun

    A hollow area within the body (such as the sinuses).

  3. cavitynoun

    A soft area in a decayed tooth.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Cavitynoun

    Hollowness; hollow; hollow place.

    Etymology: cavitas, Latin.

    The vowels are made by a free passage of breath, vocalized through the cavity of the mouth; the said cavity being differently shaped by the postures of the throat, tongue, and lips. William Holder, Elements of Speech.

    There is nothing to be left void in a firm building; even the cavities ought not to be filled with rubbish, which is of a perishing kind. John Dryden, Æneid. Dedication to.

    Materials packed together with wonderful art in the several cavities of the scull. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 275.

    An instrument with a small cavity, like a small spoon, dipt in oil, may fetch out the stone. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.

    If the atmosphere was reduced into water, it would not make an orb above thirty two feet deep, which would soon be swallowed up by the cavity of the sea, and the depressed parts of the earth. Richard Bentley.

ChatGPT

  1. cavity

    A cavity is a hollow or space within a solid material, object or in the human body. It could refer to holes in teeth caused by tooth decay, natural spaces within the body such as the abdominal cavity, space in walls for insulation in construction, or the space in equipment like resonant cavity in lasers. The exact meaning usually depends on the context in which it is used.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cavitynoun

    hollowness

  2. Cavitynoun

    a hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity

  3. Etymology: [L. cavus hollow: cf. F. cavit.]

Wikidata

  1. Cavity

    Cavity was an American sludge metal band from Miami, Florida. They formed in 1992, and they broke up around 2003. Steve Brooks and Juan Montoya would go on to play in Torche and Floor. Henry Wilson and Beatriz Monteavaro also played in Floor. Jason Landrian went on to form Black Cobra Ed Matus played Guitar on "Drowning".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Cavity

    kav′it-i, n. a hollow place: hollowness: an opening.—adj. Cav′itied. [L. cavitas, -tatemcavus, hollow.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. cavity

    In naval architecture signifies the displacement formed in the water by the immersed bottom and sides of the vessel.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Cavity in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Cavity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Cavity in a Sentence

  1. Siddharth Lakhotia:

    Air and blood flooded the chest cavity. The local police provided the medical facility with great readiness, when this patient came to us, he was unconscious. It seemed almost impossible that he would survive. The only way to save him was to remove the rod by surgery and pray to God.

  2. Thomas Steinemann:

    Conjunctiva is modified mucus membrane, like the inside of your mouth or the inside of your nose or nasal cavity and pharynx, it's moist and nice and hospitable for viruses, in fact there's lots of organisms that can stick very readily to Thomas Steinemann conjunctiva, or for that matter, stick on a contact lens that is also resting on Thomas Steinemann conjunctiva.

  3. Elisabeth Hildebrand:

    By constructing the mortuary cavity, people created a shared space where community members could be placed all together, without any sign of certain individuals being given primacy.

  4. Jason Conn:

    You deal with it all day. You’re out baiting, trying your best to manage the situation, then come home and just the stench of dead mice, they’re in the roof cavity of your house. If your house is not well sealed, they’re in bed with you. People are getting bitten in bed.

  5. Jason Conn:

    They’re in the roof cavity of your house. If your house is not well sealed, they’re in bed with you. People are getting bitten in bed, it doesn’t relent, that’s for sure.

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