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单词 plenum
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plenum

(pliːnəm)
Word forms: plural plenums
countable noun
A plenum is a meeting that is attended by all the members of a committee or conference.
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plenum in British English

(ˈpliːnəm)
nounWord forms: plural -nums or -na (-nə)
1. 
an enclosure containing gas at a higher pressure than the surrounding environment
2. 
a fully attended meeting or assembly, esp of a legislative body
3. 
(esp in the philosophy of the Stoics) space regarded as filled with matter
Compare vacuum (sense 1)
4. 
the condition or quality of being full
Word origin
C17: from Latin: space filled by matter, from plēnus full

plenum in American English

(ˈplinəm; ˈplɛnəm)
nounWord forms: plural ˈplenums or ˈplena (ˈplinə)
1. 
space filled with matter
see also vacuum
2. 
fullness
3. 
a full or general assembly, as of all members of a legislative body
4. 
a. 
an enclosed volume of gas under greater pressure than that surrounding the container
b. 
the state of this
Word origin
ModL < L, neut. of plenus, full1

Examples of 'plenum' in a sentence
plenum

He padded over the living fire of the plenum, the abyss---all of it---and hardly noticed.
Tony Daniel METAPLANETARY (2001)

In other languages
plenum

British English: plenum NOUN
A plenum is a meeting that is attended by all the members of a committee or conference.
  • American English: plenum
  • Brazilian Portuguese: sessão plenária
  • Chinese: 全会
  • European Spanish: pleno
  • French: séance plénière
  • German: Plenum
  • Italian: riunione plenaria
  • Japanese: 総会
  • Korean: 총회
  • European Portuguese: sessão plenária
  • Latin American Spanish: pleno
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