crepitation
Example Sentences
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It was a deeply flavored specimen, but lacked the crepitation of those breaded in sharp shards of panko.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2022
He heard a curious trickling sound and then a louder crepitation as if someone were unwrapping great sheets of cellophane.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
Sunday.—A heavenly day again! the world all dead silence, save when, from far down below us in the woods, comes up the crepitation of the little wooden drum that beats to church.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Andrew Lang
This is crepitation, or the peculiar effect which is produced by the friction of the fractured surfaces one against another.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
If there is an effusion of fluid into the sheath, the swelling is more marked and crepitation is absent.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
