Phrase Hound found 77 phrases and 23 compound words that contain vacuum. The most common are listed below. Open vacuum in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 77
- vacuum cleanerA device that uses suction, and often agitation, in order to remove dirt and other debris from carpets and hard floors.
- vacuum pumpA piece of equipment used for extraction of gas or vapour from an enclosed space, leaving the container with a partial vacuum.
- vacuum cleanersplural of vacuum cleaner: A device that uses suction, and often agitation, in order to remove dirt and other debris from carpets and hard floors.
- vacuum tubeA type of electron tube that controls electron current through vacuum between electrodes within a sealed container, usually of glass or metal and often designed to be easily installed in and removed from the equipment in which it is used.
- legal vacuumA state of regulation that is uncomfortable by there being no conspicuous provision for a certain situation.
- vacuum chamberA compartment which can be depressurized to the point where no air exists inside of it. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- power vacuumA lack of centralised political authority, especially following a conflict, revolution, change of power, etc.
- vacuum packTo pack something in an airtight container from which some or all of the air is removed, creating a partial vacuum.
- false vacuumA (hypothetical) metastable vacuum whose energy state is at a local minimum different from the global minimum; a vacuum that is relatively stable and long-lived but which still may decay to a lower-energy state.
- vacuum gaugeAn instrument that is used to measure very low pressures of gases.
- vacuum energyThe underlying background energy of empty space associated with constant vacuum fluctuations.
- vacuum exerciseAn exercise targeting mostly the Musculus transversus abdominis by keeping a straight spine, holding one's breath and lifting the organs into the rib cage.
- political vacuumA state of relative anarchy compared to neighboring states, often caused by death of the head of state before a successor could be designated.
- vacuum-packedsimple past and past participle of vacuum-pack
- vacuum sealerA machine to vacuum pack (to pack something in an airtight container from which some or all of the air is removed, creating a partial vacuum)
- central vacuuma vacuum cleaner built into the fabric of a building, with a central motor and dirt bag and distributed points where a hose and appliances may be plugged in
- high vacuumA vacuum having a pressure less than about a hundred millipascals
- vacuum pumpsplural of vacuum pump: A piece of equipment used for extraction of gas or vapour from an enclosed space, leaving the container with a partial vacuum.
- vacuum-cleanTo clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- vacuum brakeA brake used on trains, working on the principle of keeping up a vacuum in a continuous pipe or pipes extending under the train, and in brake-cylinders connected to them under each vehicle, the air being sucked out by ejectors or pumps on …
- vacuum bedA device consisting of a large, latex envelope attached to a frame, from which most of the air may be removed via a vacuum pump while a person lies inside, which heavily restricts movement and induces asphyxiation for the purposes of …
- vacuum catastropheThe disagreement of over 100 orders of magnitude between measured values of the vacuum energy density and the theoretical zero-point energy suggested by a naïve application of quantum field theory.
- vacuum bombAn aerosol bomb, a type of thermobaric weapon
- partial vacuumA region of low atmospheric pressure, especially one in which most of the air has been pumped out.
- vacuum activityAn innate fixed action pattern of animal behavior that is performed in the absence of the usual releaser.
Compound words 23
- vacutainerA glass or plastic test tube with a rubber stopper creating an internal vacuum, used to draw blood samples.
- intervacuumAn intervening empty space; a vacant interval.
- gravastarA proposed alternative to black holes that is more consistent with quantum mechanics.
- subvacuumA quantum field or spacetime obtained from a vacuum by a "squeezing" process
- vacufugeA centrifuge that operates in a vacuum; especially one used to concentrate or dehydrate biological samples
- vacupunctureA blood collection system involving aspiration through a capillary.
- vacuumableCapable of being vacuum-cleaned.
- vacuumousResembling or consisting of vacuum.
- autovacuumTo vacuum (physically remove deleted tuples from) a table or database automatically.
- devacuumizationThe process of which a vacuum loses its integrity and allows atmosphere to flow into it. For example, a broken cathode ray tube (CRT) will devacuumize and allow air to flow into it.