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plenum

ˈplɛnəm
WordNet
Interesting fact
The opposite of a "vacuum" is a "plenum."
  1. (n) plenum
    an enclosed space in which the air pressure is higher than outside
  2. (n) plenum
    a meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present "the plenum will vote on all tax increases"
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Plenum
    (Ventilation) A condition, as in an occupied room, in which the pressure of the air is greater than that of the outside atmosphere; as, a plenum may exist in a hall ventilated by a fan blower.
  2. Plenum
    That state in which every part of space is supposed to be full of matter; -- opposed to vacuum.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) plenum
    The fullness of matter in space: the opposite of vacuum: also used to denote fullness in general.
  2. (n) plenum
    A quantity of a gaseous body in an inclosed space greater than would remain there under normal atmospheric pressure.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. Plenum
    space considered as in every part filled with matter
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L., fr. plenus, full

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Low L. plenarius—L. ple-nus, full—plēre, to fill.

Usage in the news

A one-piece framed filter assembly includes a filter, mounting bracket, fan guard, and airflow plenum that is quickly installed without a kit. machinedesign.com

A complete CoPilot system includes control panels with inputs/outputs, plenum-rated 5.25-inch speakers and 25W amplification, both a lanyard and handheld microphone, cables, and mounts. svconline.com

It features a variable-speed electronically commutated motor, stainless steel construction, and an all-welded plenum built to meet the latest pressure testing standards. achrnews.com

Tate's Directional Perf directs airflow from the raised flow plenum to data center racks where cooling is needed. csemag.com

Tate's Directional Perf, a perforated directional airflow panel, helps direct airflow from the raised floor plenum to the data center racks where cooling is required. csemag.com

Plenum Requirements For Egress Corridors In Health Care Environments. esmagazine.com

The Bühler Aeroglide AeroExpander unit combines dual-plenum airflow and conveyor systems to expand snack food pellets. foodengineeringmag.com

The dual-plenum airflow system provides even distribution of heated air across the processing bed and even pressure to the air nozzles. foodengineeringmag.com

After your rod sits overnight, is there any visible fuel puddling above the carb's throttle blades and/or in the intake manifold 's plenum floor. hotrod.com

Koren, "Analyzing the connectivity and bandwidth of multi-processors with multi-stage interconnection networks," inConcurrent Computations: Algorithms, Architecture, and Technology, S K. Dickinson and S. Plenum, 1988, pp 525-540. computer.org

BTX Technologies, a value-added distributor and manufacturer of interface and integration products, announced that the company is now offering plenum HDMI and plenum DVI assemblies in lengths of 25, 33, 40, and 49 feet. svconline.com

N connector for plenum cable. controleng.com

A new removable plenum for cooling tunnels is designed to enhance cleaning and maintenance. foodengineeringmag.com

The patent-pending design facilitates complete removal of the plenum for sanitation and easy access to internal parts for maintenance personnel. foodengineeringmag.com

The removable plenums can also help reduce downtime for product changeovers. foodengineeringmag.com

Usage in scientific papers

Wilson, in Recent Developments of Gauge Theories, eds. G. ’t Hooft et al. (Plenum, New York, 1980) 243; Progress in Gauge Field Theory, eds. G. ’t Hooft et al. (Plenum, New York, 1984). 24. C.T.H.
Problems in Lattice Gauge Fixing

Kursunoglu et al., eds., Elementary Particles and Gravitation, Plenum, New York, 1999; R.
Space-Based Searches for Lorentz and CPT Violation

G. ’t Hooft, in Recent Developments in Gauge Theories, Proceedings of the Nato Advanced Study Institute, Cargese, 1979, eds. G. ’t Hooft et al., (Plenum Press, NY, 1980); E.
Searching for Supersymmetric Dark Matter

Blum Density Matrix Theory and Applications (Plenum, New York, 1996).
Photon-assisted transport in semiconductor nanostructures

Gorenstein, Finite Simple Groups, An Introduction to their Classification, Plenum Press, New York and London, 1982. T.
Non-supersingular Hyperelliptic jacobians

Usage in literature

Evil do I call it and misanthropic: all that teaching about the one, and the plenum, and the unmoved, and the sufficient, and the imperishable! "Thus Spake Zarathustra A Book for All and None" by Friedrich Nietzsche

He had left the world a plenum, and he now finds it a vacuum. "Letters on England" by Voltaire

Associated Words: plenum, plenist, vacuist, spacial. "Putnam's Word Book" by Louis A. Flemming

Id oppidum erat plenum frumenti. "Latin for Beginners" by Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge

Those things are there, right now, both in primary time and in the plenum. "Police Operation" by H. Beam Piper

In the Cartesian system the cause of motion was pressure within a plenum. "The Approach to Philosophy" by Ralph Barton Perry

He regarded space as a plenum full of an all-pervading fluid. "Pioneers of Science" by Oliver Lodge

The immediate result of the situation he created and controlled so deftly was Moglaut's production of a closed-plenum grid suit. "Zero Data" by Charles Saphro

Second, no race could share the plenum with Man. "Turning Point" by Alfred Coppel

The reform was decreed by the Party's Central Committee in a special plenum held in June 1969. "Area Handbook for Albania" by Eugene K. Keefe