intervacuum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An intervening empty space; a vacant interval.
adj
  1. Between regions of vacuum (or of very low pressure)

Pronunciation

ĭntəvăʹkyo͞oəm /ɪntəˈvækjuːəm/

Word forms

intervacuum intervacua

Etymology

Formed as inter- + vacuum, but compare the Latin intervacō (“to be empty between”).

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