vacuumizev.
/ˈvakjuːəmʌɪz/ transitive. To create a vacuum in (something); to seal (a container) from which air has been artificially withdrawn.
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1939 R. S. Lyons Wonders Mod. Industry xi. 132 It sometimes happens that some of the tins are not quite vacuumized.
Derivatives
ˈvacuumized adj.
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the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > under pressure > in which a vacuum has been produced
vacuous1682
vacuumized1942
1942 N.Y. Times 13 Feb. 18/5 The glass industry ‘has always had equipment for vacuumized products’.
1983 Mod. Metals Jan. 66/1 Made of either tinplate or tin free steel, the TAB-E end can be applied to vacuumized, pressurized or still-filled cans.
ˈvacuumizing n.
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the world > matter > gas > air > [noun] > air-pressure > vacuum > creating
vacuumizing1909
1909 Chambers's Jrnl. July 478/1 Vacuumising is effected by means of a hand-wheel, or the machine can be worked by power if desired.
1939 R. S. Lyons Wonders Mod. Industry xi. 131 To preserve the cigarettes in fresh condition, each tin has a vacuum created inside it before being sealed. The method of vacuumizing is as ingenious as it is simple.
1980 Cement & Concrete Res. X. 853 The press-method of concrete compaction with simultaneous vacuumizing makes it possible to add an increased volume of mix water to concrete mix.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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