Australian English Meaning of vacuum

vacuum

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Definitions and Meaning of vacuum in English

Wordnet

vacuum (n)

the absence of matter

an empty area or space

a region that is devoid of matter

an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction

Wordnet

vacuum (v)

clean with a vacuum cleaner

Webster

vacuum (n.)

A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of a closed vessel, which has been exhausted to a high or the highest degree by an air pump or other artificial means; as, water boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum.

The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch.

FAQs About the word vacuum

vacuum

the absence of matter, an empty area or space, a region that is devoid of matter, an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction, clean with a vacuum clean

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vacuousness => vacuity, vacuously => vacuously, vacuous => vacuous, vacuometer => vacuometer, vacuolization => vacuolisation,