Definitions for vacua
vacua
vac·u·a
Spelling: [vak-yoo-uh]
IPA: /ˈvæk yu ə/
Vacua is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 32 anagrams from letters in vacua (aacuv).
Definitions for vacua
noun
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a plural of vacuum.
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a space entirely devoid of matter.
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an enclosed space from which matter, especially air, has been partially removed so that the matter or gas remaining in the space exerts less pressure than the atmosphere (opposed to plenum).
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the state or degree of exhaustion in such an enclosed space.
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a space not filled or occupied; emptiness; void:
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a vacuum cleaner or sweeper.
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Physics. a state of lowest energy in a quantum field theory.
adjective
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of, pertaining to, employing, or producing a vacuum.
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(of a hollow container) partly exhausted of gas or air.
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pertaining to a device or process that makes use of a vacuum to accomplish a desired task.
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noting or pertaining to canning or packaging in which air is removed from the container to prevent deterioration of the contents.
verb (used with object)
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to use a vacuum cleaner on; clean with a vacuum cleaner:
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to treat with any vacuum device, as a vacuum drier.
verb (used without object)
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to use a vacuum cleaner:
Origin of vacua
1540-50; Latin, neuter of vacuus empty
Examples for vacua
Not even Sir William Crookes's vacua can give an idea of the rarefaction which this fact implies.