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Definition of Vacuum

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. Related Definitions: Absolute, Air, Also, An, Artificial, As, At, Atmosphere, Been, Below, By, Called, Closed, Condenser, Condition, Degree, Devoid, Distinction, Engine, Entirely, Exhausted, General, Hence, High, Has, In, Inch, Interior, Is, Matter, Mercury, More, Nearly, Of, Or, Other, Per, Pounds, Pressure, Pump, Rarefaction, Reduced, Reduction, Sense, Space, Square, Steam, Temperature, That, The, To, Vacuum, Vessel, Water, Way, Which

Vacuum Quotations Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one. Benjamin Franklin 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 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 If you don't get feedback from your performers and your audience, you're going to be working in a vacuum. Peter M. Davies You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy on films. You're working for a laugh that may or may not come six months later, but you're working in a vacuum at the time you are doing it. Theodore Bikel

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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