VACUUM

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 31

(Lat.), n. n. Va2k(wa3k)'u2(u*)-u3m(u4m). Fr., v. Ger., Leere. An empty space, especially a space from which the air that occupied it has been more or le completely removed. 48.] Torr i cell i an v. The v. over the mercury in Torr i cell i's . [a, 48.] [s. 685]