vacua
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vacua/ˈvakjʊə(r)/
plural form of vacuum.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vacuum /ˈvakjʊəm/
▶noun (pl. vacuums or vacua /-jʊə/)
- 1 a space entirely devoid of matter.
■ a space or container from which the air has been completely or partly removed.
- 2 a gap left by the loss or departure of someone or something important.
- 3 (pl. vacuums) a vacuum cleaner.
– phrases
in a vacuum in isolation from the normal context.
in a vacuum in isolation from the normal context.
– origin C16: mod. L., neut. of L. vacuus ‘empty’.
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