vacuum
See also: vacuüm
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- vacuüm (rare)
Etymology edit
From Latin vacuum (“an empty space, void”), noun use of neuter of vacuus (“empty”), related to vacare (“be empty”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vacuum (plural vacuums or (rare, formal) vacua)
- A region of space that contains no matter.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel Station: Wards Codex entry:
- The Wards are open-topped, with skyscrapers rising from the superstructure. Towers are sealed against vacuum, as the breathable atmosphere envelope is only maintained to a height of about seven meters. The atmosphere is contained by the centrifugal force of rotation and a "membrane" of dense, colorless sulphur hexafluoride gas, held in place by carefully managed mass effect fields.
- The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.
- a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch
- (colloquial, only pluralized as "vacuums") Ellipsis of vacuum cleaner.
- Synonym: (British) hoover
- (physics) A spacetime having tensors of zero magnitude.
- An emptiness in life created by a loss of a person who was close, or of an occupation.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 82–83:
- Henrietta soon found a terrible vacuum left, by the letters in which she used to pour forth every feeling and thought to her uncle.
- An exercise in which one draws their abdomen towards the spine.
- 1985, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 508:
- Abs show up in a most-muscular shot, a vacuum shot, the hands-behind-head compulsory ab shot, twisting poses, and so on.
- 2022 October 10, Aaromal Maanas, “2022 Tsunami Nutrition Pro Results and Recap”, in Sportskeeda[3], archived from the original on 2022-10-23:
- Blessed with round muscle bellies and a phenomenal structure, he also performed a vacuum pose on stage.
Usage notes edit
- The Latin in vacuo is sometimes used instead of in a vacuum (in free space).
Derived terms edit
- bee vacuum
- central vacuum
- double Kerr vacuum
- electrovacuum
- false vacuum
- high vacuum
- in a vacuum
- intervacuum
- Kerns-Wild vacuum
- Kerr vacuum
- Khan-Penrose vacuum
- legal vacuum
- nonvacuum
- Oszváth-Schücking vacuum
- partial vacuum
- political vacuum
- quasivacuum
- rough vacuum
- Schwarzschild vacuum
- Taub-NUT vacuum
- thermal-vacuum
- Torricellian vacuum
- ultravacuum
- vacuumable
- vacuum activity
- vacuum airship
- vacuum aspiration
- vacuum bag
- vacuum bomb
- vacuum bottle
- vacuum brake
- vacuum bubble
- vacuum catastrophe
- vacuum-clean
- vacuum-cleaned
- vacuum decay
- vacuum desiccator
- vacuum distillation
- vacuum energy
- vacuumer
- vacuum exercise
- vacuum flask
- vacuum fluorescent display
- vacuum gauge
- vacuumless
- vacuumlike
- vacuumous
- vacuum-pack
- vacuum pack
- vacuum-packed
- vacuum pose
- vacuum pump
- vacuum sealer
- vacuum tube
- vacuum up
Related terms edit
Translations edit
region of space that contains no matter
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vacuum cleaner — see vacuum cleaner
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Verb edit
vacuum (third-person singular simple present vacuums, present participle vacuuming, simple past and past participle vacuumed)
- (transitive) To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner.
- Synonym: (British) hoover
- 2016, Janice M. Whiteaker, Run:
- “Who in the world cleans an attic? That's like vacuuming a shed.”
- (intransitive) To use a vacuum cleaner.
- (transitive, databases) To optimise a database or database table by physically removing deleted tuples.
Translations edit
transitive: to clean with a vacuum cleaner
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intransitive: to use a vacuum cleaner
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Translations to be checked
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vacuum m (plural vacuums)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: vakum
Further reading edit
- “vacuum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Adjective edit
vacuum
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
vacuum n (plural vacuumuri)
Declension edit
Declension of vacuum
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) vacuum | vacuumul | (niște) vacuumuri | vacuumurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) vacuum | vacuumului | (unor) vacuumuri | vacuumurilor |
vocative | vacuumule | vacuumurilor |
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
- vácuum (recommended)
Noun edit
vacuum m (plural vacuums)