Vacuum
noun
An area or space that is empty or has no air or other gases.
After the experiment, all air was pumped out, leaving a vacuum inside the flask.
Often appears as...
- create a vacuum
- vacuum flask
noun
A machine using suction to remove dirt from floors and other surfaces.
She used the vacuum to clean the carpet.
Often appears as...
- vacuum cleaner
- vacuum bag
verb
To clean with a vacuum cleaner.
I need to vacuum the living room before the guests arrive.
Often appears as...
- vacuum the carpet
- vacuum up
noun
A gap or empty space where there should be something else.
Her resignation left a vacuum in the department that was hard to fill.
Often appears as...
- leave a vacuum
- fill a vacuum
noun
An area or space that is empty or has no air or other gases.
After the experiment, all air was pumped out, leaving a vacuum inside the flask.
Often appears as...
- create a vacuum
- vacuum flask
noun
A machine using suction to remove dirt from floors and other surfaces.
She used the vacuum to clean the carpet.
Often appears as...
- vacuum cleaner
- vacuum bag
verb
To clean with a vacuum cleaner.
I need to vacuum the living room before the guests arrive.
Often appears as...
- vacuum the carpet
- vacuum up
noun
A gap or empty space where there should be something else.
Her resignation left a vacuum in the department that was hard to fill.
Often appears as...
- leave a vacuum
- fill a vacuum
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physics Term
Used in science to describe space completely devoid of matter, including air.
Scientists study particles in a vacuum to isolate their behavior.
Pro Tip 2/2Figurative Use
Metaphorically describes situations where something is lacking or absent.
The artist paints not just with colors but also with vacuums.
Pro Tip 1/2Physics Term
Used in science to describe space completely devoid of matter, including air.
Scientists study particles in a vacuum to isolate their behavior.
Pro Tip 2/2Figurative Use
Metaphorically describes situations where something is lacking or absent.
The artist paints not just with colors but also with vacuums.
Pro Tip 1/2Physics Term
Used in science to describe space completely devoid of matter, including air.
Scientists study particles in a vacuum to isolate their behavior.
Pro Tip 2/2Figurative Use
Metaphorically describes situations where something is lacking or absent.
The artist paints not just with colors but also with vacuums.
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The history of the...
it supported his idea that weight was the deciding factor. A variation on the experiment used two tubes with one having a large bubble at the top. If Galileo's interpretation had been correct, the bigger vacuum in the second tube should have exerted more suction and lifted the mercury higher. But the level in both tubes was the same.
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How to create a space...
atmosphere keeps you alive in the vacuum of space so can we do it are we up to the challenge we think so and I want to give you maximum mobility okay because Mars is tough why we going to Mars to search for the evidence of life okay past life four billion years ago but still it would rewrite all the
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Why the universe seems...
a heavy object and a light object, air friction aside, would hit the ground at the same instant. And that's because in Middle World, air friction is always there. If we'd evolved in a vacuum, we would expect them to hit the ground simultaneously. If we were bacteria,
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Is it possible to create...
and the vacuums inside early light bulbs that protected filaments from degrading. These vacuums are generally created with some version of what a vacuum cleaner does using high-powered pumps that create enough suction to remove as many stray atoms as possible.
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Meet the tardigrade, the...
And by studying how tardigrades survive prolonged exposure to the vacuum of outer space, scientists can generate clues about the environmental limits of life and how to safeguard astronauts. In the process, tardigrades could even help us answer a critical
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The great conspiracy...
The ensuing power vacuum led to a series of civil wars, during which Brutus, facing certain defeat, took his own life. Ironically, the ultimate result would be the opposite of what the conspirators had hoped to the end of the Republic
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Is math discovered or...
developed in a vacuum, often with no view towards describing any physical phenomena, have proven decades or even centuries later, to be the framework necessary to explain how the universe has been working all along.
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How transistors work -...
thus, enabling fast current-switching. The ability to amplify signals also made the triode crucial for radio and long distance communication. But despite these advancements, vacuum tubes were unreliable and bulky.
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50 Years Ago, This Was a...
mother that's where my love of the natural world came from I've never inherited a nickel that I inherited a love the natural world in a respect respect for when I get out of the University I took a job so vacuum
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Chaos and Pharaoh PIPE Nile...
leave a political vacuum but now there is no one to intercede with the gods the Egyptians ordered world is in danger of descending into permanent chaos
Video examples
The history of the...
it supported his idea that weight was the deciding factor. A variation on the experiment used two tubes with one having a large bubble at the top. If Galileo's interpretation had been correct, the bigger vacuum in the second tube should have exerted more suction and lifted the mercury higher. But the level in both tubes was the same.
Video examples
How to create a space...
atmosphere keeps you alive in the vacuum of space so can we do it are we up to the challenge we think so and I want to give you maximum mobility okay because Mars is tough why we going to Mars to search for the evidence of life okay past life four billion years ago but still it would rewrite all the
Video examples
Why the universe seems...
a heavy object and a light object, air friction aside, would hit the ground at the same instant. And that's because in Middle World, air friction is always there. If we'd evolved in a vacuum, we would expect them to hit the ground simultaneously. If we were bacteria,
Video examples
Is it possible to create...
and the vacuums inside early light bulbs that protected filaments from degrading. These vacuums are generally created with some version of what a vacuum cleaner does using high-powered pumps that create enough suction to remove as many stray atoms as possible.
Video examples
Meet the tardigrade, the...
And by studying how tardigrades survive prolonged exposure to the vacuum of outer space, scientists can generate clues about the environmental limits of life and how to safeguard astronauts. In the process, tardigrades could even help us answer a critical
Video examples
The great conspiracy...
The ensuing power vacuum led to a series of civil wars, during which Brutus, facing certain defeat, took his own life. Ironically, the ultimate result would be the opposite of what the conspirators had hoped to the end of the Republic
Video examples
Is math discovered or...
developed in a vacuum, often with no view towards describing any physical phenomena, have proven decades or even centuries later, to be the framework necessary to explain how the universe has been working all along.
Video examples
How transistors work -...
thus, enabling fast current-switching. The ability to amplify signals also made the triode crucial for radio and long distance communication. But despite these advancements, vacuum tubes were unreliable and bulky.
Video examples
50 Years Ago, This Was a...
mother that's where my love of the natural world came from I've never inherited a nickel that I inherited a love the natural world in a respect respect for when I get out of the University I took a job so vacuum
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Chaos and Pharaoh PIPE Nile...
leave a political vacuum but now there is no one to intercede with the gods the Egyptians ordered world is in danger of descending into permanent chaos
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Andrei Tarkovsky
Russian Director
An artist never works under ideal conditions. If they existed, his work wouldn't exist, for the artist doesn't live in a vacuum. Some sort of pressure must exist. The artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world were perfect, as man wouldn't look for harmony but would simply live in it.
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Sabaa Tahir
Pakistani Writer
When you write your first book, you're writing in a vacuum; it doesn't matter how much time it takes. And then with the second book, you're on contract, and you have deadlines, and it's a little bit tougher. And also the expectations. You don't want to let your characters down.
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Hong Chau
American Actress
My parents speak with an accent. A lot of people that I know speak with an accent. I have friends who speak with an accent. Accents in a vacuum aren't a problem; it's how you portray those characters and how well they're served in a script.
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Richard Quest
English Journalist
Working for CNN, you help set the agenda for decision makers and industry leaders simply by doing your job. What the network covers and how we cover it affects people. I am not naive enough to believe I work in some 'pure' news vacuum.
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Khaled Hosseini
Afghani Novelist
Nothing happens in a vacuum in life: every action has a series of consequences, and sometimes it takes a long time to fully understand the consequences of our actions.
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Jim Clyburn
American Politician
Environmental protection doesn't happen in a vacuum. You can't separate the impact on the environment from the impact on our families and communities.
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Hugh Prather
American Writer
We are always influenced because we do not live in a vacuum together with our intentions. We are in a relationship with everything that occurs.
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Payal Rohatgi
Indian Actress
Sangram is my best friend. He loves me more than himself and his absence in my life has brought a vacuum in my life.
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Brian May
English Musician
We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum.
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Hannah Gadsby
Australian Comedian
The art world doesn't exist in a vacuum.
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Andrei Tarkovsky
Russian Director
An artist never works under ideal conditions. If they existed, his work wouldn't exist, for the artist doesn't live in a vacuum. Some sort of pressure must exist. The artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world were perfect, as man wouldn't look for harmony but would simply live in it.
Quote examples
Sabaa Tahir
Pakistani Writer
When you write your first book, you're writing in a vacuum; it doesn't matter how much time it takes. And then with the second book, you're on contract, and you have deadlines, and it's a little bit tougher. And also the expectations. You don't want to let your characters down.
Quote examples
Hong Chau
American Actress
My parents speak with an accent. A lot of people that I know speak with an accent. I have friends who speak with an accent. Accents in a vacuum aren't a problem; it's how you portray those characters and how well they're served in a script.
Quote examples
Richard Quest
English Journalist
Working for CNN, you help set the agenda for decision makers and industry leaders simply by doing your job. What the network covers and how we cover it affects people. I am not naive enough to believe I work in some 'pure' news vacuum.
Quote examples
Khaled Hosseini
Afghani Novelist
Nothing happens in a vacuum in life: every action has a series of consequences, and sometimes it takes a long time to fully understand the consequences of our actions.
Quote examples
Jim Clyburn
American Politician
Environmental protection doesn't happen in a vacuum. You can't separate the impact on the environment from the impact on our families and communities.
Quote examples
Hugh Prather
American Writer
We are always influenced because we do not live in a vacuum together with our intentions. We are in a relationship with everything that occurs.
Quote examples
Payal Rohatgi
Indian Actress
Sangram is my best friend. He loves me more than himself and his absence in my life has brought a vacuum in my life.
Quote examples
Brian May
English Musician
We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum.
Quote examples
Hannah Gadsby
Australian Comedian
The art world doesn't exist in a vacuum.
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