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Plenum vs Casing - What's the difference?

plenum | casing |

As nouns the difference between plenum and casing

is that plenum is plenum while casing is that which encloses or encases.

As a verb casing is

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plenum

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (physics) A space that is completely filled with matter.
  • * 1946 , Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy :
  • The idea was that a thing could only move into an empty place, and that, in a plenum , there are no empty places.
  • * 2001 , Edward Grant, God and Reason in the Middle Ages , p. 176:
  • The key to understanding medieval interpretations of motion in hypothetically void space is to realize that medieval natural philosophers analyzed the same bodies in the void that they discussed in the plenum of their ordinary world.
  • (figuratively) A state of fullness, a great quantity (of something).
  • * 1974 , Guy Davenport Tatlin! :
  • He lay on the long stone slant down to the slapping waves, his denim shorts, sneakers, and socks under his head for a pillow, feeling the splendour of distance in all directions, the liquid silence, the plenum of aloneness.
  • A legislative meeting (especially of the Communist Party) in which all members are present.
  • An enclosed space having greater than atmospheric pressure.
  • The space above a false ceiling used for cables, ducts etc.
  • (computing) A type of network cabling which satisfies plenum-ratings issued by the National Electrical Code. These cables are safer in case of a fire, producing less smoke and fumes.
  • Antonyms

    * vacuum

    Anagrams

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    casing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which encloses or encases.
  • Some people like to split the casing of a sausage before cooking so it doesn't burst. Others don't.
  • (uncountable, computing) The collective states of upper and lower case letters.
  • The replacement string should have the same casing as the matched text.

    Derived terms

    * sausage casing

    Verb

    (head)
  • Anagrams

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