Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In a vacuum.
- adverb Without reference to related context; in isolation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a vacuum; in empty space.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Physics) In a vacuum; in empty space.
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- adverb In a partial or full
vacuum
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a vacuum
- adverb in isolation and without reference to anything else
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin in vacuō : Latin in, in + Latin vacuō, ablative of vacuus, empty.]
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From Latin in + vacuum ("void, vacuum")
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