suction curettage
vacuum aspiration | a method of induced abortion, prior to the th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix |
air pump
vacuum pump | a pump that moves air in or out of something |
anemometer
wind gauge
wind gage | a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind |
| broad gauge | a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard . inches |
depth gauge
depth gage | a gauge for measuring the depth of grooves or holes or other concavities |
dust bag
vacuum bag | a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner |
fuel gauge
fuel indicator | an indicator of the amount of fuel remaining in a vehicle |
gasoline gauge
gasoline gage
gas gauge
gas gage
petrol gauge
petrol gage | gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle |
gauge
gage | a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. |
micrometer
micrometer gauge
micrometer caliper | caliper for measuring small distances |
| narrow gauge | a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard . inches |
pressure gauge
pressure gage | gauge for measuring and indicating fluid pressure |
rain gauge
rain gage
pluviometer
udometer | gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation |
| standard gauge | railroad track having the standard width of . inches |
strain gauge
strain gage | a gauge for measuring strain in a surface |
surface gauge
surface gage
scribing block | gauge consisting of a scriber mounted on an adjustable stand, used to test the accuracy of plane surfaces |
thermobaric bomb
fuel-air bomb
vacuum bomb
volume-detonation bomb
aerosol bomb | a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive, a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb |
tube vacuum tube
thermionic vacuum tube
thermionic tube
electron tube
thermionic valve | electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope |
vacuum
vacuum cleaner | an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction |
| vacuum chamber | a chamber from which nearly all matter (especially air) has been removed |
vacuum flask
vacuum bottle | flask with double walls separated by vacuum, used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures |
vacuum gauge
vacuum gage | a gauge for indicating negative atmospheric pressure |
water gauge
water gage
water glass | gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir |
wire gauge
wire gage | gauge for measuring the diameter of wire |
bore
gauge caliber calibre | diameter of a tube or gun barrel |
| gauge | the thickness of wire |
| gauge | the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train |
vacuum
vacuity | a region that is devoid of matter |
| gauge boson | a particle that mediates the interaction of two elementary particles |
gauge
standard of measurement | accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared |
void
vacancy
emptiness
vacuum | an empty area or space, the huge desert voids, the emptiness of outer space, without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum |
vacuum
vacuity | the absence of matter |
| gauge | mix in specific proportions, gauge plaster |
| gauge | adapt to a specified measurement, gauge the instruments |
| gauge | measure precisely and against a standard, the wire is gauged |
estimate
gauge
approximate
guess judge | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time), I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds |
| gauge | determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation, gauge the wine barrels |
vacuum
vacuum-clean
hoover | clean with a vacuum cleaner, vacuum the carpets |
| gauge | rub to a uniform size, gauge bricks |