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vac·u·um    Audio Help   [vak-yoom, -yoo-uhm, -yuhm] Pronunciation Key noun, plural vac·u·ums for 1, 2, 4–6, vac·u·a    Audio Help   [vak-yoo-uh] Pronunciation Key for 1, 2, 4, 6; adjective; verb
–noun
1.a space entirely devoid of matter.
2.an enclosed space from which matter, esp. air, has been partially removed so that the matter or gas remaining in the space exerts less pressure than the atmosphere (opposed to plenum).
3.the state or degree of exhaustion in such an enclosed space.
4.a space not filled or occupied; emptiness; void: The loss left a vacuum in his heart.
5.a vacuum cleaner or sweeper.
6.Physics. a state of lowest energy in a quantum field theory.
–adjective
7.of, pertaining to, employing, or producing a vacuum.
8.(of a hollow container) partly exhausted of gas or air.
9.pertaining to a device or process that makes use of a vacuum to accomplish a desired task.
10.noting or pertaining to canning or packaging in which air is removed from the container to prevent deterioration of the contents.
–verb (used with object)
11.to use a vacuum cleaner on; clean with a vacuum cleaner: to vacuum rugs.
12.to treat with any vacuum device, as a vacuum drier.
–verb (used without object)
13.to use a vacuum cleaner: to vacuum in the dining room.

[Origin: 1540–50; < L, neut. of vacuus empty]
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vac·u·um    Audio Help   (vāk'yōō-əm, -yōōm, -yəm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. vac·u·ums or vac·u·a (-yōō-ə)
    1. Absence of matter.
    2. A space empty of matter.
    3. A space relatively empty of matter.
    4. A space in which the pressure is significantly lower than atmospheric pressure.
  1. A state of emptiness; a void.
  2. A state of being sealed off from external or environmental influences; isolation.
  3. pl. vac·uums A vacuum cleaner.

adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or used to create a vacuum.
  2. Containing air or other gas at a reduced pressure.
  3. Operating by means of suction or by maintaining a partial vacuum.

tr. & intr.v.   vac·u·umed, vac·u·um·ing, vac·u·umes
To clean with or use a vacuum cleaner.


[Latin, empty space, from neuter of vacuus, empty, from vacāre, to be empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
vacuum 
1550, "emptiness of space," from L. vacuum "an empty space, void," noun use of neuter of vacuus "empty," related to vacare "be empty" (see vain). Properly a loan-translation of Gk. xenon, lit. "that which is empty." Meaning "a place emptied of air" is attested from 1652. Vacuum tube is attested from 1859. Vacuum cleaner is from 1903; shortened form vacuum (n.) first recorded 1910. The verb meaning "to clean with a vacuum cleaner" is recorded from 1922.

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vacuum

noun
1. the absence of matter 
2. an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum" [syn: void
3. a region that is devoid of matter 
4. an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction 

verb
1. clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets" 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
vacuum1 [ˈvӕkjuəm] noun
a space from which (almost) all air or other gas has been removed
Arabic: خَواء، فَراغ
Chinese (Simplified): 真空
Chinese (Traditional): 真空
Czech: vzduchoprázdno
Danish: lufttomt rum; vakuum
Dutch: vacuášám
Estonian: vaakum
Finnish: tyhjiö
French: vide
German: das Vakuum
Greek: κενό αέρος
Hungarian: vákuum
Icelandic: lofttæmi
Indonesian: ruang hampa udara
Italian: vuoto
Japanese: 真空
Korean: 진공; 공백
Latvian: vakuums
Lithuanian: vakuumas
Norwegian: lufttomt rom, vakuum
Polish: próżnia
Portuguese (Brazil): vácuo
Portuguese (Portugal): vácuo
Romanian: vid
Russian: вакуум
Slovak: vzduchoprázdno
Slovenian: vakuum
Spanish: vacío
Swedish: vakuum
Turkish: boşluk, vakum
vacuum2 [ˈvӕkjuəm] noun
short for vacuum cleaner
vacuum [ˈvӕkjuəm] verb
to clean (something) using a vacuum cleaner
Example: She vacuumed the carpet.
Arabic: يُنَظِّف بالمِكنَسَه الكَهرُبائِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified): 用真空吸尘器打扫
Chinese (Traditional): 用真空吸塵器打掃
Czech: (vy)luxovat
Danish: støvsuge
Dutch: stofzuigen
Estonian: tolmuimejaga puhastama
Finnish: imuroida
French: passer l'aspirateur
German: saugen
Greek: σκουπίζω με ηλεκτρική σκούπα
Hungarian: (ki)porszívóz
Icelandic: ryksuga
Indonesian: membersihkan debu
Italian: (passare l'aspirapolvere)
Japanese: 掃除機をかける
Korean: …을 진공 청소기로 청소하다
Latvian: iztīrīt ar putekļu sūcēju
Lithuanian: (ið)valyti dulkiø siurbliu, (ið)siurbti
Norwegian: støvsuge
Polish: czyścić odkurzaczem
Portuguese (Brazil): passar o aspirador em
Portuguese (Portugal): aspirar
Romanian: a da cu aspiratorul
Russian: пылесосить
Slovak: vysávať
Slovenian: očistiti s sesalnikom
Spanish: pasar la aspiradora
Swedish: dammsuga
Turkish: elektrik süpürgesiyle süpürmek
See also: (vacuum-)flask, vacuum cleaner

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.
The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
vacuum    Audio Help   (vāk'ym)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural vacuums or vacuua
  1. A region of space in which there is no matter.
  2. A region of space having extremely low gas pressure relative to surrounding pressure. The air pump of a vacuum cleaner, for example, drastically reduces the air pressure inside the device, creating a vacuum; the pressure difference causes air to rush into it, carrying dust and debris along with it.

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
vacuum

The absence of matter.

Note: In the natural world, air will flow into regions of vacuum, giving rise to the saying “Nature abhors a vacuum.”
Note: The saying is extended informally: in politics, a lack of leadership may be referred to as a vacuum, which will presumably be filled by others rushing in.

[Chapter:] Physical Sciences and Mathematics


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Vacuum

Pan\, n. [OE. panne, AS. panne; cf. D. pan, G. pfanne, OHG. pfanna, Icel., Sw., LL., & Ir. panna, of uncertain origin; cf. L. patina, E. paten.]

1. A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing. "A bowl or a pan." --Chaucer.

2. (Manuf.) A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.

3. The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.

4. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium. --Chaucer.

5. (C?rp.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.

6. The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard.

7. A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.

Flash in the pan. See under Flash.

To savor of the pan, to suggest the process of cooking or burning; in a theological sense, to be heretical. --Ridley. Southey.
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