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How to pronounce “vacuum

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Pronunciation guide for vacuum

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of vacuum with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
The Idea FactoryHis first job at Bell Labs, or his first big job, was to be in charge of vacuum tube development.
Definition summary
A region of space that contains no matter.

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How to pronounce vacuum

The Idea Factory

His first job at Bell Labs, or his first big job, was to be in charge of vacuum tube development.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “vacuum

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A region of space that contains no matter.
  • The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.
  • (colloquial, only pluralized as "vacuums") Ellipsis of vacuum cleaner.
  • (physics) A spacetime having tensors of zero magnitude.
  • (physics) A ground state of a quantum field or of local spacetime, or more abstractly the lowest-energy state of a system.
  • An emptiness in life created by a loss of a person who was close, or of an occupation.
  • An exercise in which one draws their abdomen towards the spine.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner.
  • (intransitive) To use a vacuum cleaner.
  • (transitive, databases) To optimise a database or database table by physically removing deleted tuples.

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