单词 | plenum |
释义 | plenum /plee"neuhm, plen"euhm/, n. , pl. plenums, plena /plee"neuh, plen"euh/. 1. the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure. 2. a full assembly, as a joint legislative assembly. 3. a space, usually above a ceiling or below a floor, that can serve as a receiving chamber for air that has been heated or cooled to be distributed to inhabited areas. 4. the whole of space regarded as being filled with matter (opposed to vacuum). [1670-80; < L, neut. of plenus FULL, in the phrase plenum (spatium) FULL (space)] |
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