Definition of In vacuo

1. Adverb. In isolation and without reference to anything else.

2. Adverb. In a vacuum.

Medical Definition of In vacuo

1. In a vacuum; in empty space; as, experiments in vacuo. Origin: L. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of In Vacuo

in two days
in two minds
in two shakes
in two shakes of a cow's tail
in two shakes of a dog's tail
in two shakes of a duck's tail
in two shakes of a lamb's tail
in two ways
in twos
in unison
in unity there is strength
in ure
in use
in use(p)
in utero
in vacuo (current term)
in vain
in view
in view of
in vino veritas
in virtue of
in vitro
in vitro fertilisation
in vivo
in vivo fertilization
in vogue(p)
in ways
in width(p)
in with a chance

Literary usage of In vacuo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1862)
""On the Heat which is developed at the Poles of a Voltaic Battery during the passage of Luminous Discharges in Air and in Vacuo. ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1914)
"The magnetic quality of electrolytic iron melted in vacuo is decidedly superior to any ... Swedish charcoal iron melted in vacuo has a magnetic quality ..."

3. Journal by Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Section (1875)
"EXPERIMENTS TO ASCERTAIN THE CAUSE OF STRATIFICATION IN ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES IN VACUO. By WARREN DE LA RUE, HUGO W. MÜLLER, and WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE. ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1873)
"The third had been heated in like manner in vacuo, but to a white heat ; and this specimen, it was found, could not bo forged at all, crumbling under the ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1859)
"In certain experiments made by Dr. Bache and myself we found, as just stated, that the hearts of frogs and snappers always became less active in vacuo. ..."

6. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"... coned, in vacuo (most of the diacetone-erythritol distils over), boiled up with petr. ether to remove the last traces of the diacetone compd., ..."

7. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1862)
""On the Heat which is developed at the Poles of a Voltaic Battery during the passage of Luminous Discharges in Air and in Vacuo. ..."

8. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1914)
"The magnetic quality of electrolytic iron melted in vacuo is decidedly superior to any ... Swedish charcoal iron melted in vacuo has a magnetic quality ..."

9. Journal by Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Section (1875)
"EXPERIMENTS TO ASCERTAIN THE CAUSE OF STRATIFICATION IN ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES IN VACUO. By WARREN DE LA RUE, HUGO W. MÜLLER, and WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE. ..."

10. Report of the Annual Meeting (1873)
"The third had been heated in like manner in vacuo, but to a white heat ; and this specimen, it was found, could not bo forged at all, crumbling under the ..."

11. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1859)
"In certain experiments made by Dr. Bache and myself we found, as just stated, that the hearts of frogs and snappers always became less active in vacuo. ..."

12. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"... coned, in vacuo (most of the diacetone-erythritol distils over), boiled up with petr. ether to remove the last traces of the diacetone compd., ..."

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