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Cavity

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Cavity may refer to:

Biology and healthcare

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  • Body cavity, a fluid-filled space in many animals where organs typically develop
  • Dental cavity or tooth decay, damage to the structure of a tooth
  • Lung cavity, an air-filled space within the lung
  • Nasal cavity, a large, air-filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face

Radio frequency resonance

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  • 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

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  • 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

See also

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