Cavity

A cavity is a hollow in an object. It may refer to:

Biology and healthcare

  • Cavity or dental caries, damage to the structure of a tooth
  • Body cavity, a fluid filled space in many animals where organs typically develop

Radio frequency resonance

  • Microwave cavity or RF cavity, a cavity resonator in the radio frequency range, for example used in particle accelerators
  • Optical cavity, the cavity resonator of a laser
  • Resonant cavity, a device designed to select for waves of particular wavelengths

Other uses

  • Cavity (band), a sludge metal band from Miami, Florida
  • Cavity method, a mathematical method to solve some mean field type of models
  • Cavity wall, a wall consisting of two skins with a cavity
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See also

  • Cavitation, the phenomenon of partial vacuums forming in fluid, for example, in propellors
  • Cavitary pneumonia, a type of pneumonia in which a hole is formed in the lung
  • Cavity Search (disambiguation)
  • Hollow (disambiguation)
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