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rarefaction

How many syllables in rarefaction?

  4 syllables

Divide rarefaction into syllables:   rar-e-fac-tion
Primary syllable stress:   rar-e-fac-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   rar-e-fac-tion
How to pronounce rarefaction:   rair-uh-fak-shun
How to say rarefaction:

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