Definitions for cavity
ˈkæv ɪ ticav·i·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cavitynoun

   hollowness

2. Cavitynoun

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

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

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cavity

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

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cavity

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

Matched Categories

1. • Anatomy
   • Decay
   • Hole
   • Space
   • Structure

How to pronounce cavity?

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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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. Stephanie Baker:

   This find really challenged us. We compared the assembled skullcap to all of the other examples of hominins in the Cradle area. Eventually, its teardrop shape and relatively big brain cavity meant we were looking at Homo erectus.

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. Courtesy Houston Humane Society Warwick:

   As their body temperature dropped, they were no longer able to hold on inside the cavity of the bridge, some of them started to become so hypothermic they lost their footing and dropped.

5. Kareem Abu-Elmagd:

   Everybody was excited in the operating room when we had the organs in, they fit in his abdominal cavity and the whole team was so excited that we were able to Vic with the new organs.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cavity
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cavity
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cavity
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cavity
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cavity
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=cavity
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=cavity