VACUUMS
- emptiness of space
- space absolutely devoid of matter
- space partially exhausted (as to the highest degree possible) by artificial means (as an air pump)
- degree of rarefaction below atmospheric pressure
- VACUUM, to operate a cleaner that uses suction [v]
- state or condition resembling a vacuum void the power vacuum in Indochina after the departure of the French Norman Cousins
- state of isolation from outside influences people who live in a vacuumàso that the world outside them is of no moment W. S. Maugham
- device creating or utilizing a partial vacuum
- VACUUM, a space entirely devoid of matter [n] / VACUUM, to use a device that cleans by suction [v]