- plural of vacuum.
vacua
Americannoun
noun
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In the July number of this Journal for 1880, I gave a short account of certain changes in the Sprengel-pump by means of which far better vacua could be obtained than had been previously possible.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 by Various
Now, however, that he had found means for obtaining and maintaining high vacua, Edison immediately went back to carbon, which from the first he had conceived of as the ideal substance for a burner.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer
In reality, however, the sum of our actions and cognitions is no series of facts and intervening vacua, but a continuous stream.
From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
In measuring really high vacua, it is well to begin with this process of lowering and raising the cylinder, and to repeat it five or six times before taking readings.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 by Various
Very high vacua can be obtained with the Leblanc pump, but the power required to drive it is more than is required with a 3-throw piston-pump.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
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