crepitation
noun 3
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noun
1
The act of crepitating or crackling.
When she returned the room was silent again, save for the faint crepitation of his chair and the occasional clink of a bottle.
Silence again, save for the crepitation of the flames, the fall of an ember, the murmur of the current.
2
A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air.
3
A crepitant rale.
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