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Inclined to vacillate; wavering; irresolute.
of Vacuum
To make void, or empty.
The act of emptying; evacuation.
One who holds the doctrine that the space between the bodies of the universe, or the molecules and atoms of matter., is a vacuum; -- opposed to plenist.
The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled; emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of countenance.
Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an invisible fluid only; emptiness; void; vacuum.
Want of reality; inanity; nihility.
The goddess of rural leisure, to whom the husbandmen sacrificed at the close of the harvest. She was especially honored by the Sabines.
Full of vacuoles, or small air cavities; as, vacuolated cells.
Formation into, or multiplication of, vacuoles.
A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm.
Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.
The quality or state of being vacuous; emptiness; vacuity.
A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of a closed vessel, which has been exhausted to a high or the highest degree by an air pump or other artificial means; as, water boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum.
The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch.
of Vacuum
An extensive artificial group of birds including the wading, swimming, and cursorial birds.
To fade; hence, to vanish.
A book or other thing that a person carries with him as a constant companion; a manual; a handbook.