cav·i·ty (k v  -t )n. pl. cav·i·ties 1. A hollow; a hole. 2. A hollow area within the body: a sinus cavity. 3. A pitted area in a tooth caused by caries. [French cavité, from Late Latin cavit  s, from Latin cavus, hollow; see keu - in Indo-European roots.] |
cavity [ˈkævɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. a hollow space; hole
2. (Medicine / Dentistry) Dentistry a soft decayed area on a tooth See caries
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) any empty or hollow space within the body the oral cavity
4. (Electronics) Electronics See cavity resonator
[from French cavité, from Late Latin cavitās, from Latin cavus hollow]
| cavity (kv-t) 1. A hollow; a hole. 2. A hollow area within the body. 3. A pitted area in a tooth caused by caries. |
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| Noun | 1. |  cavity - a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body"trou-de-loup - a sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy barbecue pit - a pit where wood or charcoal is burned to make a bed of hot coals suitable for barbecuing meat borrow pit - a pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site divot - (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke; "it was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot" fire pit - a pit whose floor is incandescent lava; "the fire pit of the crater" quicksand - a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down sandpit - a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug sawpit - a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw tar pit - a natural accumulation of bitumens at the surface of the earth; often acts as a trap for animals whose bones are thus preserved |
| 2. | cavity - space that is surrounded by something space - an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth" hollow - a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks" | |
| 3. |  cavity - soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a toothdecay - the process of gradually becoming inferior | |
| 4. | cavity - (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body blastocele, blastocoel, blastocoele, cleavage cavity, segmentation cavity - the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula archenteron - central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity body, organic structure, physical structure - the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure" sinus - any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull lumen - a cavity or passage in a tubular organ; "the lumen of the intestine" socket - a bony hollow into which a structure fits pulp cavity - the central cavity of a tooth containing the pulp (including the root canal) cranial orbit, eye socket, orbital cavity, orbit - the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball buccal cavity - the cavity between the jaws and the cheeks antrum - a natural cavity or hollow in a bone cloaca - (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open vestibule - any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina) mediastinum - the part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus middle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanum - the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear pleural cavity - the cavity in the thorax that contains the lungs and heart chamber - an enclosed volume in the body; "the chambers of his heart were healthy" cranial cavity, intracranial cavity - the cavity enclosed by the cranium amniotic cavity - the fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the developing embryo greater peritoneal sac, peritoneal cavity - the interior of the peritoneum; a potential space between layers of the peritoneum bursa omentalis, lesser peritoneal cavity, omental bursa - an isolated part of the peritoneal cavity that is dorsal to the stomach pericardial cavity, pericardial space - the space between the layers of the pericardium that contains fluid that lubricates the membrane surfaces and allows easy heart movement vacuole - a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell ventricle - one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid sac - a structure resembling a bag in an animal uterine cavity - the space inside the uterus between the cervical canal and the Fallopian tubes nasal cavity - either of the two cavities lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth and extending from the face to the pharynx nasopharynx - cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx oropharynx - cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth laryngopharynx - the lower part of the pharynx blind gut, caecum, cecum - the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum" tubular cavity - a cavity having the shape of a tube armpit, axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa - the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder; "they were up to their armpits in water" chest cavity, thoracic cavity - the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart abdominal cavity, abdomen - the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm renal pelvis, pelvis - a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter |
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Translations
cavity [ˈkævɪtɪ]
cavity
n cavity [ˈkӕvəti]
a hollow place; a hole The dentist said she had three cavities in her teeth; The thief hid the necklace in a cavity in the wall. holte فَجْوَه، تَجْويف кариес dutina hul der Hohlraum κουφάλα, κοίλωμα cavidad auk, õõnsus گودال؛ پوکی reikä, kolo cavité חוֹר कोष्ठ šupljina üreg lubang hola cavità 空洞 구멍 skylė caurums; dobums lubang gaatje, holte hull, hulrom dziura, jama cavidade cavitate дупло; полость dutina, priehlbina luknja karijes hålighet, hål, kavitet หลุม boşluk, oyuk 凹洞 порожнина; тріщина خلا ، سوراخ، گڑھا hốc 洞
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