vacuum
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/ˈvÃĻkjuːm/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "vacuum"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to clean a surface by using a machine that sucks up dirt, dust, etc.
Dialect
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Transitive: to vacuum a surface
to vacuum definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He vacuums the upholstery on the furniture to remove pet hair.
āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§‹āώāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€āϰ āϚ⧁āϞ āϏāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāϏāĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āφāĻ¸ā§āϤāϰāĻŖ āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
01

an electrical appliance that cleans surfaces by suction

vacuum definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The vacuum picked up all the dust and crumbs.
02

an empty area or gap in a physical sense

vacuum definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The engineer noted a vacuum in the pipeline that needed sealing.
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āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝāϤāĻž, āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ

a space that is utterly empty of all matter
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The concept of a perfect vacuum, where no particles or energy exist, is theoretical and is used in thought experiments and theoretical physics.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝāϤāĻž āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž, āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ āĻ•āĻŖāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āύ⧇āχ, āϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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a gap, lack, or absence in a situation, system, or abstract context

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A vacuum of authority allowed confusion to spread.
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ