vacuüm

/ˈvækjuːəm//ˈvækjuːm/

A form of vacuum — A region of space that contains no matter.

OriginDutch vacuüm ← Latin vacuum →
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Meanings

nounvacuüm (plural vacua or vacuä)

plural vacua · plural vacuä

  1. rareRare spelling of vacuum.

    Franklin Roosevelt was showing that democracy was capable of taking care of its own; the New Deal was filling the vacuüm of faith which we had inherited from the cynicism and complacency of the twenties, and from the breadlines of the early thirtees.

    1996, T. A. M. Schoenmakers, Het Amerikaanse Neoconservatisme, 1968–1988, page 14

Origin

  1. Latinvacuum
  2. Dutchvacuüm
  3. Englishvacuüm

From Dutch vacuüm, from Latin vacuum, the substantive neuter of the adjective vacuus (“empty”); spelt with a diæresis added to specify the trisyllabic pronunciation [ˈvæ.kjuː.əm] (as opposed to the disyllabic * [ˈvæ.kjuːm]).

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