plenum
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nəm, ˈplɛn noun, plural ple·nums, ple·na [plee-nuh, plen-uh] .
[plee-nuh, plen-uh] . 1.
the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
2.
a full assembly, as a joint legislative assembly.
3.
a space, usually above a ceiling or below a floor, that can serve as a receiving chamber for air that has been heated or cooled to be distributed to inhabited areas.
4.
the whole of space regarded as being filled with matter ( opposed to vacuum ).
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| —n , pl -nums, -na | |
| 1. | an enclosure containing gas at a higher pressure than the surrounding environment |
| 2. | a fully attended meeting or assembly, esp of a legislative body |
| 3. | Compare vacuum (esp in the philosophy of the Stoics) space regarded as filled with matter |
| 4. | the condition or quality of being full |
| [C17: from Latin: space filled by matter, from plēnus full] | |
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Word Origin & History
plenum
1678, "filled space" (opposite of vacuum), from L. plenum (spatium) "full (space)," neuter of plenus "complete, full" (see plenary). The meaning "of a full assembly of legislators" is first recorded 1772.
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Example sentences
Makeup air was pushed unrestricted into the plenum over the worker's head.
He had left the world a plenum, and he now finds it a vacuum.
Electrical wiring will not be permitted in the plenum space in either case.
Large eddy simulation of thermal jets injected into a plenum mockup.
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