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Synonyms for vacuum

Grammar : Noun
Spell : vak-yoom, -yoo-uh m, -yuh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæk yum, -yu əm, -yəm

Définition of vacuum

Origin :
  • 1540s, "emptiness of space," from Latin vacuum "an empty space, void," noun use of neuter of vacuus "empty," related to vacare "be empty" (see vain). Properly a loan-translation of Greek kenon, literally "that which is empty." Meaning "a place emptied of air" is attested from 1650s. Vacuum tube is attested from 1859. Vacuum cleaner is from 1903; shortened form vacuum (n.) first recorded 1910.
  • noun emptiness
Example sentences :
  • As for Philip, all seemed a mere negation; there was a vacuum where his place had been.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • There were only a Ruhmkorff coil and Crookes (vacuum) tube and the man himself.
  • Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
  • His first search was for a durable filament which would burn in a vacuum.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
  • Plato affirms, almost in so many words, that nature abhors a vacuum.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • Yes, it must be that this land is a vacuum, such as I read of when I was a girl in school.
  • Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden
  • They seemed to lie in a vacuum, in the very hollow of the storm.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
  • A place from which the air is practically all pumped out is called a vacuum.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • The air from all sides rushes into the vacuum and collides there; then it bounces back.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • The vacuum keeps any conducted heat from getting out of the bottle or into it.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • But, as you know, radiant heat can flash right through a vacuum.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

Antonyms for vacuum

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