Aug 21, 2017ย ยท +1 It seems that vacuum is the odd word out when placed in a lineup with (for example) continuum, individuum, menstruum, and residuum. I don't know why the -uum in. Apr 28, 2018ย ยท According to the Online Etymological Dictionary, vacuum entered English in the 1540s directly from Latin as the substantivized, neuter form of the adjective vacuus. The. Oct 8, 2017ย ยท If a 'vacuum cleaner cleaner' is a machine for cleaning vacuum cleaners, then the person who cleans the vacuum cleaner cleaner would be a 'vacuum cleaner cleaner cleaner'.

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Sep 18, 2010ย ยท Most of the "she" style labels I hear are half terms of endearment and half self mockery. I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if a man referred to a vacuum cleaner as "she". Perfect vacuum does not exist - there will always be some energy, some particles manifesting themselves spontaneously from quantum uncertainty, but generally lack of matter, including air. Jun 26, 2011ย ยท The vacuum tube was soon replaced by semi-conductor materials. The technology was named solid state electronics because, semi-conductor materials, like vacuum, are. Feb 28, 2021ย ยท Is it necessary to put an article before the word "vacuum" and if necessary, why?

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