Definition of Vacuum

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Vacuum

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.

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Vacuum Quotations

The American people abhor a vacuum.
Theodore Roosevelt

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.
Blaise Pascal

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict.
Saul Alinsky

I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto the board of Hoover.
Germaine Greer

Let's not leave an educational vacuum to be filled by religious extremists who go to families who have no other option and offer meals, housing and some form of education. If we are going to combat extremism then we must educate those very same children.
Hillary Clinton

A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.
Tennessee Williams

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.
Desmond Tutu

Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.
Sophia Loren

I forged myself out of a vacuum. I crawl along the highway on hacked off stumps year after year. Some wonder how and why. I never do.
Henry Rollins

Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.
Ezra Pound

Vacuum Translations

vacuum in French is vacuum
vacuum in German is Vakuum
vacuum in Italian is vuotaggine
vacuum in Swedish is tomrum, vakuum

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