Vacuum vs Quasivacuum - What's the difference?
vacuum | quasivacuum |
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.
(physics) Any state that approximates to a vacuum, especially one free of baryons
As nouns the difference between vacuum and quasivacuum
is that vacuum is (rare|chiefly|netherlands) while quasivacuum is (physics) any state that approximates to a vacuum, especially one free of baryons.vacuum
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* (rare)Noun
(wikipedia vacuum) (en-noun)- a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch