English Online Dictionary. What means vacuum? What does vacuum mean?
English
Alternative forms
- vacuüm (rare)
Etymology
From Latin vacuum (“an empty space, void”), noun use of neuter of vacuus (“empty”), related to vacare (“be empty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvæ.kjuːm/, /ˈvæ.kjuː.əm/
Noun
vacuum (plural vacuums or (rare, formal) vacua)
- A region of space that contains no matter.
- Synonyms: vacancy, void
- Antonym: plenum
- The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.
- (colloquial, only pluralized as "vacuums") Ellipsis of vacuum cleaner.
- Synonym: (British) hoover
- (physics) A spacetime having tensors of zero magnitude.
- An emptiness in life created by a loss of a person who was close, or of an occupation.
- An exercise in which one draws their abdomen towards the spine.
Usage notes
- The Latin in vacuo is sometimes used instead of in a vacuum (in free space).
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
vacuum (third-person singular simple present vacuums, present participle vacuuming, simple past and past participle vacuumed)
- (transitive) To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner.
- Synonym: (British) hoover
- (intransitive) To use a vacuum cleaner.
- Synonyms: (British) to do the hoovering, (British) to hoover
- (transitive, databases) To optimise a database or database table by physically removing deleted tuples.
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.kɥɔm/
Noun
vacuum m (plural vacuums)
- vacuum (space containing no matter)
- Synonym: vide
Descendants
- Turkish: vakum
Further reading
- “vacuum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Adjective
vacuum
- accusative neuter singular of vacuus
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vacuum.
Noun
vacuum n (plural vacuumuri)
- vacuum
Declension
Spanish
Alternative forms
- vácuum (recommended)
Noun
vacuum m (plural vacuums)
- vacuum