vacuum

vacuum
['vækjuəm] 1. noun
1) (a space from which (almost) all air or other gas has been removed.) vakuum
2) (short for vacuum cleaner.)
2. verb
(to clean (something) using a vacuum cleaner: She vacuumed the carpet.) očistiti s sesalnikom
- vacuum-flask
- flask
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I [vaekjuəm]
noun
plural vacuums, vacua [-kjuə]
physics praznina, brezzračen prostor, vakuum; prostor z zelo zmanjšanim pritiskom; figuratively praznina, luknja; (= vacuum cleaner) sesalnik za prah
a perfect vacuum — popolna praznina
nature abhors a vacuum — narava mrzi praznino
his death has left a vacuum in her life — njegova smrt je pustila praznino v njenem življenju
II [vaekjuəm]
adjective
vakuumski
Torricellian vacuum — Torricellijeva praznina
vacuum bottle, vacuum flask — termovka, termos (steklenica)
vacuum brake railway zavora na stisnjen zrak
vacuum-clean transitive verb očistiti s sesalnikom
vacuum cleaner — sesalnik za prah
vacuum drier — vakuumska sušilna naprava
vacuum fan — ventilator
vacuum ga(u)ge — vakuummeter
vacuum pump — vakuumska črpalka
vacuum tube — vakuumska (radijska) cev; physics Geisslerjeve cevi
vacuum tube rectifier — cevni (elektronski) popravljavec
III [vaekjuəm]
transitive verb
očistiti, pobrati prah s sesalnikom; posušiti s fenom

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