to evacuate
- verb
- /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/
- Specialized
- To create a vacuum in the experiment, we need to evacuate all the air from the flask.
- evacuate a vacuum chamber
- evacuated electron beam
Examples
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What I will do is I will use this vacuum pump to evacuate both of these tanks like this.
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"I notice the patents call for an evacuated system," Windom said.
Fiction book (1991) -
Now we evacuate the air from the chamber.
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What I got here is an exhaust system, so that I can evacuate the gas from this room.
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Evacuate the atmosphere on the other side of this hatch!
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The piston evacuates the air in a period of a few seconds.
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Their achievement opens the way for guiding light with little or no loss through an evacuated channel.
Academic text (1999) -
The volume of the collected expired air was measured by evacuating the collection bag through a gas flow meter.
Academic text (1990) -
But it gets better: the evacuated tube system will be the fastest and the safest transportation system ever implemented.
Blog text (31) -
We limit these effects by using baffling and low-scatter optics in the evacuated beam tubes.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
To allow a liquid, gas, or energy to flow out
Push out a substance, for example gas from a body or container
Pull something out of a place by using air to draw it in
Take people or things out of a vehicle by unloading
To remove gas or steam from a machine
Remove air or gas from a liquid
Antonyms
- Specialized
To increase or keep air pressure inside a closed space using a machine
Phrasal Verbs
How Airless
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Evacuate comes from the Latin parts e- ('out') and vac- ('empty'), which is the same root as vacuum. So to evacuate a flask or bulb is to pump the air 'out' and leave it empty for experiments.