Vacuum vs Evacuation - What's the difference?
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A region of space that contains no matter.
A vacuum cleaner.
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.
The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.
Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, fortress, etc.
Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.
The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection
That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.
Abolition; nullification.
As nouns the difference between vacuum and evacuation
is that vacuum is a region of space that contains no matter while evacuation is the act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.As a verb vacuum
is to clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner.vacuum
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Alternative forms
* (rare)Noun
(wikipedia vacuum) (en-noun)- a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch
Usage notes
* In the sense of "a region of space that contains no matter", the plural of vacuum' is either '''vacua''' or '''vacuums'''. In the sense of a "vacuum cleaner" ' vacuums is the only plural. * The Latin in vacuo'' is sometimes used instead of ''in a vacuum (in free space).Synonyms
* (vacuum cleaner) hoover (British )Antonyms
* (region of space that contains no matter) plenumDerived terms
* power vacuum * vacuum brake * vacuum cleaner * vacuum pan * vacuum valveSynonyms
* (transitive sense) to hoover (British) * (intransitive sense) to do the hoovering, to hoover (British)evacuation
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(wikipedia evacuation)Noun
(en noun)- (Quincy)
- (Hooker)