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  1. supercavitation
    supercavitation The use of cavitation effects to create a large bubble of gas inside a liquid, allowing an object to travel at great speed through the liquid by being wholly enveloped by the bubble. The cavity (the bubble) reduces the drag on the object and this makes supercavitation an advantageous...
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  2. Supercavitation
    Supercavitation is the use of cavitation effects to create a bubble of gas inside a liquid large enough to encompass an object traveling through the liquid, greatly reducing the skin friction drag on the object and enabling achievement of very high speeds. Current applications are mainly limited to...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercavitation

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