vacuum
vacu·um (vak′yo̵̅o̅m, -yo̵̅o̅ əm)
noun pl. -·u·ums or -·ua-yo̵̅o̅ ə
- a space with nothing at all in it; completely empty space
- an enclosed space, as that inside a vacuum tube, out of which most of the air or gas has been taken, as by pumping
- the degree to which pressure has been brought below atmospheric pressure
- a space left empty by the removal or absence of something usually found in it; void: often used figuratively
- ☆ vacuum cleaner
Etymology: L, neut. sing. of vacuus, empty
adjective
- of a vacuum
- used to make a vacuum
- having a vacuum; partially or completely exhausted of air or gas
- working by suction or the creation of a partial vacuum
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to clean with a vacuum cleaner
Converse of object
- abhor: People said no, no, nature abhors a vacuum, it can't be a vacuum, there must be air bubbling up.
- fill: Castro then marched into Havana to fill the vacuum.
Adjective modifier
- ultrahigh: All of these methods are sensitive to the outermost atom layers at the surface and operate in ultrahigh vacuum.
- bagless: Dyson is an inventor and industrial designer who has taken his bagless vacuum cleaner from the garage to a huge enterprise.
- upright: Aptitude Upright Bags are the best replacement bags for your quality Aptitude upright vacuum.
- partial: At high speed, the rushing air tends to create a partial vacuum inside the tube.
- ideological: But there was also an ideological vacuum, which neither the left nor the native bourgeoisie were capable of filling.
- ultra: The sample preparation and the measurements were done in ultra high vacuum.
Modifies a noun
- cleaner: Also, an approach to Dyson, vacuum cleaners, will be made.
- flask: Filter coffee from these coffee machines then passes through the filter basket on the coffee machines into a vacuum flask.
- pump: Turns out that the vacuum pump in the rear is blowing more than sucking.
- brake: See separate entries for air brakes and vacuum brakes for more details.
- ejector: One was a single engined job fitted with a vacuum brake ejector to enable her to be used on passenger trains.
- tube: Today vacuum tubes comprise only 18 % of the market, with flat plate panels taking a massive 82 % .
Noun used with modifier
- miele: More information on miele vacuum cleaner, vacuum cleaner dealer.
- kirby: You will find kirby vacuum cleaner at the website listed below.
- smokebox: Back pressure and smokebox vacuum could be altered by raising and lower the brass choke positioned between the nozzles.
- electrolux: Your source for electrolux vacuums, upright vacuums, electrolux vacuums and upright vacuum cleaners.. .
- canister: Some shareholders will have heard of the canister vacuum cleaner called ' Henry ' , with the cheeky face printed on it.
- quantum: The quantum vacuum can therefore flow like a fluid.
Architects cannot work in a vacuum; unlike other artists theyare totally dependent on a site, a brief and finance.
: Well, they say nature hates a vacuum, Big Daddy. :That'swhattheysay, but sometimes Ithink that a vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.
We live in the great indoors: the vacuum cleaner grazes over the carpet, lowing, its udder a swollen wobble. SeeAusten 43:88.
Speeches in our culture are the vacuum that fills a vacuum.
Browse dictionary entries near vacuum
- vacuous
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- vacuolation
- vacuolate
- vacuity
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- vacillation
- vacillating
- vacillate
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- vacuum cleaner
- vacuum gauge
- vacuum-packed
- vacuum pump
- vacuum tube
- vacuum valve
- vade mecum
- Vadodara
- vadose
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