- plural of vacuum.
vacua
Americannoun
noun
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Beyond the worlds vague ghosts of monstrous things; half-seen columns of unsanctified temples that rest on nameless rocks beneath space and reach up to dizzy vacua above the spheres of light and darkness.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)
Is it possible that, in the agitation of a stream at its bottom, if violent, momentary and minute vacua may be formed, tending to increase the intensity of the cold?
From On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John
With disruptive discharge coils there are sudden rises of potential and the vacua are more quickly impaired, for the electrodes are deteriorated in a very short time.
From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Martin, Thomas Commerford
Think we as we may, of all the possible directions to develop a practical illuminant, the line of high vacua seems to be the most promising at present.
From Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency by Tesla, Nikola
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