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V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N
V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N is Yumi Yoshimura's solo debut. It appears on the album [[Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi: Music from The Series]]. ..

VAC
VAC is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: volts of alternating current. It is not the same as VA for volt-amperes.Care must be taken not to connect AC motors or transformers to direct current (DC) sources, as they can be seriously damaged by doing so. This is m..

Vacallao
Vacallao (Goes quiet) was one of the top dancers (1950s-1960s) of Orquesta Aragón. During the epoch of Cha Cha Chá, his stage performance gained him the name, for whenever he danced, he would concentrate on his foorwork and no utterance would come out of him. He was said to be speaking with his fe..

Vacallo
Vacallo is a town in Switzerland. Located at the southern extremity of the canton of Ticino, it borders with Italy. External links [Page with some pictures][Primary school][catholically parish][SAV Basket team] ..

Vacamonte
Vacamonte is a town in Panama Province, Panama. It is located at around [8°52′0″N, 79°40′0″W]. ..

Vacances de printemps (Lapinot)
Vacances de printemps (unofficial English translation: Spring vacation) is a comic strip in the series The spiffy adventures of McConey (Les formidables aventures de Lapinot in the original French language), by the popular French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim. It was first released in 1999 as volume 5 ..

Vacancy
For a job vacancy, see employment or labour. For the 2007 film see Vacancy (film). Hotels, motels, inns, apartments, or business suites could have vacancies, i. e. units which are not occupied. In crystallography, a vacancy is a point defect in crystal. Crystals inherently possess imperfections,..

Vacancy (film)
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Vacancy change
In a vacancy chain, a new resource unit coming into a population is taken by a first individual who leaves his/her old unit behind, this old unit is taken by a second individual leaving his/her old unit behind, and so forth (1). Vacancy chains are started when an initial vacancy comes into a popu..

Vacancy EP
Vacancy is an EP by Joseph Arthur released on May 1, 1999. The EP's sleeve design was nominated in 1999 for Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. Track listing "Hang around here""Bed of nails""Prison""Making mistakes""Vacancy""Crying on sunday""Toxic angel" ..

Vacant niches
A vacant niche can be defined as the possibility that in ecosystems or habitats more species could exist than are present at a particular point in time, because many possibilities are not used by potentially existing species (Rohde 2005b). K. Rohde: Nonequilibrium Ecology, Cambridge University Pres..

Vacarius
Vacarius (1120-1200?) was an Italian authority in civil and Canon law, who became the first known teacher of Roman law in England. Apparently educated in Bologna, he was brought to Canterbury, possibly by Thomas Becket, to serve as counsel to the Archbishop of Canterbury Theobald of Bec, in his str..

Vacas
Poster for Vacas Vacas (Cows) is a 1991 Spanish film, the first full-length feature by director Julio Medem. The film stars Carmelo Gomez, Emma Suarez, Ana Torrent, Txema Blasco and Karra Elejade. It won the 1993 Goya Award for Best New Director. Usually categorized as rural drama, the film ..

Vacated judgment
A vacated judgment is the result of the judgment of an appellate court which overturns, reverses, or sets aside the judgment of a lower court. A trial court also has the power, under certain circumstances (usually involving fraud or lack of jurisdiction over the parties to a case) to vacate its o..

Vacatierra
Vacatierra is a live-hiphop group from Sweden. They have won the most extensive music contest in Sweden, "Musik Direkt". External links [Vacatierra] ..

Vacation
This article is on vacation as time off. For the movie, see National Lampoon's Vacation. For the Go Go's album/song see Vacation (album). Vacation is a term used in English speaking North America to describe time away from work or school, a trip abroad, or simply a pleasure trip away from home. ..

Vacationland
Vacationland was a rock band from Maine. While thought of as rising stars in the music industry they were only able to release one album and a few singles. Like many other bands, Vacationland broke up due to each band member having different goals. Musically, they were strongly influenced by the ..

Vacation (song)
Vacation was the Go-Go's second album, released in 1982. Both "Vacation" and "Cool Jerk" scored on the pop charts, and the Go-Go's were riding high at this time, with the group's future looking great. However, signs of future problems were beginning to show, as the members' drug use and internal fig..

Vacation Bible School
Vacation Bible School, or VBS for short, is the term for a special type of religious education which caters toward children, usually in the summer. The origins of Vacation Bible School can be traced back to Hopedale, Illinois in 1894. D.T. Miles, who had been a public school teacher before marrying..

Vacation in Reno
Vacation in Reno is a 1946 film directed by Leslie Goodwins starring Jack Haley, Anne Jeffreys, Iris Adrian, Wally Brown, Alan Carney, and Morgan Conway. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. A man named Jack Carroll, portrayed by Jack Haley and his wi..

Vacation property
Vacation property is a niche in the real estate market dealing with residences used for holiday vacations (eg beach house). The rapid development of the Internet and technologies such as telephony and personal digital assistants that allow people to work from home since circa 1995 has blurred the di..

Vacation rental
Vacation rental is a term in the travel industry meaning renting out a furnished apartment or house on a temporary basis to tourists as an alternative to a hotel. Vacation rentals are becoming increasingly popular in Europe (especially in the UK) as well as in Canada. In some cities, like Barcelona..

Vacation School Lipnice Games
Contents 1 What is a \"Vacation school Lipnice game\"2 Game elements3 Role of games4 Types of games4.1 CRITERIA4.1.1 Environment4.1.2 Rules4.1.3 Aims4.2 TYPES4.2.1 Staged Games4.2.2 Team and Strategic Games4.2.3 Simulation Games4.2.4 ..

Vacaville, California
Vacaville, California is a city located in Solano County, California, between Sacramento and San Francisco. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 88,625. According to the Community Development Department of the City of Vacaville, the total population as of 2005 was 96,735 (includ..

Vacaville Prison
Two prisons are located in Vacaville, California, USA: California Medical Facility (CMF)California State Prison, Solano These two prisons are located together at the base of several hills on the outskirts of Vacaville. These prisons are also located fairly close to Travis Air Force Base. See also..

Vaca Diéz Province
Vaca Diéz is a province in the Beni Department, Bolivia. ..

Vaca toposa
Vaca toposa (toposa cow) is a small, mean-looking skinny cow shown in the fiestas of some typical Spanish towns. "Vaca toposa" is the local name in the towns of the comarca of the Vega Baja in Alicante, Spain (such as Dolores). The distinction between toposa cows and milking cows is a basic surv..

Vacceos
The Vacceos were an ancient tribe who settled in the Meseta Central of northern Hispania (in modern Spain). According to Diodorus Siculus, they were the most cultured group of the Celtiberians, and Silius Italicus would define them as merchants and businessmen. Their existence is proved at least f..

Vaccination
Vaccination is the process of administering weakened or dead pathogens to a healthy person, with the intent of conferring immunity against a targeted form of a related disease agent. The term was coined by Edward Jenner and adapted by Louis Pasteur for his pioneering work in vaccination. Vaccinat..

Vaccination Act
The UK Vaccination Acts of 1840, 1853 and 1898 reflect the continuing argument over vacination policy in the UK. They were followed by legislation in the USA and other countries. See vaccination and anti-vaccinationist Alfred Russel Wallace [link] gave in 1895 an account of Smallpox a..

Vaccination and religion
See vaccination, antivaccinationist Of the religions normally encountered in the West only the Christian Scientists and the Dutch Orthodox Reformed church (about 2% of the population of the Netherlands) do not support vaccination and other immunisations in 2006. Religions with dietary prohibitions..

Vaccination schedule
Over the past two decades, the recommended vaccination schedule in the United States and elsewhere has grown rapidly and become more complicated as many new vaccines have been developed and marketed. A vaccine is an antigenic preparation used to produce active immunity to a disease, in order to pre..

Vaccine
A vaccine is an antigenic preparation used to produce active immunity to a disease, in order to prevent or ameliorate the effects of infection by any natural or "wild" strain of the organism. The term derives from Edward Jenner's use of cowpox ("vacca" means cow in Latin), which, when administere..

Vaccines for the New Millennium Act
Vaccines for the New Millennium Act was a bill introduced by Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). The bill would have provided tax credits to private sector companies working on vaccines for some of the worlds most deadly infectious agents. The tax credits took the form of a 30 p..

Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is a United States program for vaccine safety, co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). VAERS is a post-marketing safety surveillance program, collecting information about adverse even..

Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization
The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization is a non-profit organization owned by the University of Saskatchewan and operates with financial support for Governments of Saskatchewan, Alberta and Canada and industry funding. VIDO operates under a similar structure to the Canadian Light Source S..

Vaccine controversy
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Vaccine critic
Vaccine critic is a poorly defined concept describing people including: A penumbra of those who are not entirely anti-vaccinationist but campign to prevent or avoid some aspect of vaccination such as a single component of a particular vaccine for one or more specific reasons applying only to that c..

Vaccine failure
A vaccine failure is when an organism develops a disease in spite of being vaccinated against it. Primary vaccine failure occurs when an organism's immune system does not produce enough antibodies when first vaccinated. Secondary vaccine failure occurs when an adequate number of antibodies is produc..

Vaccine injury
Vaccine injury is a term used in both medicine and law to designate alleged injuries sustained by individuals subsequent to having been vaccinated. An apparent increase in vaccine injuries in recent decades, corresponding to a significant rise in the number of mandated vaccines administered to chil..

Vaccine Safety Datalink
The Vaccine Safety Datalink Project (VSD) was established, in 1990, by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for the study of adverse side effects of vaccines. Four large health maintenance organizations, including Kaiser Permanente, were initially recruited to provide the CDC with medical data on ..

Vaccine shortage of 2004
The vaccine shortage of 2004 came to light in the final weeks of the US Presidential Campaign. An American company, Chiron, had their operating licence suspended by British officials following problems at their manufacturing plant in Liverpool, England. Due to contamination in a batch of vaccines in..

Vaccine trial
Methodology A basic trial might involve forming two groups from a random sample of the target population. One group receives the vaccine while the control group receives a placebo. Data on antibody production and immunity to the disease in question is collected from both groups some time after th..

Vaccinia
Contents 1 Introduction1.1 Basic biology1.2 Host resistance1.3 Origin1.4 Use as a vaccine1.5 History2 External links Introduction Vaccinia virus (VACV or VV) is a large, complex enveloped virus belonging to the poxvirus family of viruses. It has a linear doub..

Vaccinium
Vaccinium is a genus of shrubs in the plant Family Ericaceae including the cranberry, blueberry, lingonberry or whortleberry, bilberry, and huckleberry. The genus contains about 450 species, which are found mostly in the cooler areas of the Northern Hemisphere, although there are tropical species ..

Vaccinium darrowii
Vaccinium darrowii (Darrow's Blueberry, Evergreen Blueberry, or Southern Highbush Blueberry) is a species of Vaccinium in the blueberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus). It is native to the southeastern United States, in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. It is an evergreen..

Vaccinium elliottii
Vaccinum elliottii (Elliott's Blueberry) is a species of Vaccinium in the blueberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus). It is native to the southeastern United States, from southeastern Virginia south to Florida, and west to Arkansas and Texas. It is a deciduous shrub 2-4 m tall, with small, s..

Vaccinium reticulatum
The Ohelo (Vaccinium reticulatum) is a flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, and is native to Hawaii, where it grows at altitudes of 640-3,700 m on lava flows and freshly disturbed volcanic ash on Maui and Hawai'i, and less commonly on Kaua'i, O'ahu, and Moloka'i. It shows adaptations to volcan..

Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Cowberry and Lingonberry) is a small evergreen shrub in the flowering plant family Ericaceae that bears edible fruit. It is seldom cultivated but the fruit are commonly collected from the wild. The native habitat is the circumboreal forests of northern Eurasia and North Amer..

Vaccinology
Vaccinology is the scientific discipline of vaccine research. ..

Vaccinov
Vaccinov was the name given to the first Russian to receive the cowpox vaccine against smallpox. He was named as the "son of the vaccine," given a pension, and observed all his life. External links ["EDWARD JENNER." LoveToKnow 1911 Online Encyclopedia. © 2003, 2004 LoveToKnow.] ..

Vacclaisocryptene
Vacclaisocryptene, a patented lubrication process which is composed of several lubricating materials which actually impregnate the metal and "sweats" under heat and friction conditions forming little microscopic lubricating particles between the moving parts. Vacclaisocryptene is the only under sur..

Vach
Vach is a district in town of Fürth, Germany. ..

Vacha
For the town in Germany see Vacha, Germany. The Vacha (Въча ['vətʃa]) is a river in south Bulgaria, one of the main right tributaries of the Maritsa. It is 105 km long and is formed by the confluence of the Shiralashka reka and the Byunovska reka. The river passes through Krichim Dam ..

Vacha, Germany
Vacha is a town in the Wartburgkreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Werra, 15 km west of Bad Salzungen, and 23 km east of Bad Hersfeld. ..

Vachana
The vachanas are a body of work, and a form of writing, in Kannada. They are usually recognised as part of a movement called the vachana or the Vīraśaiva movement of the 12th century C.E., which took place in present day north Karnataka, India. One of the leading figures of the movement was Basava..

Vachanas
Vachanas are a form of Kannada poetry and, according to the 20th century scholars, closely linked to the social revolution lead by Basaveshvara, Allama Prabhu and Akka Mahadevi. This interpretation has been the dominant one in the modern studies in Vīraśaivism which dates back to the early 1920s.T..

Vachaspati
Vachaspati is a Sanskrit Poet, author of the well known prasasti (panegyric) to Bhavadeva Bhatta. He is also called Vachaspati Kavi (poet Vachaspati) to distinguish him from the Sanskrit scholar Vachaspati Misra. Here is a poem by Vachaspati epitomizing humour in shringara rasa (erotic style), ..

Vachaspati Misra
Vachaspati Misra was a philosopher of the Indian Nyaya school from the 8th-9th century AD, who worked on problems of perception, epistemology and language (as they relate to religion). Among his observations on language is this notion that appears to reflect the modern idea of a phoneme (from his ..

Vacha Dam
Vacha (Antonivanovtsi Dam, renamed by edict from 1999) is a dam situated in south Bulgaria, Devin municipality, 680 m above sea level. It is located near to road from Krichim to Devin. 15 meters from Vacha Dam is Atanas Spiridonov chalet. ..

Vachel Lindsay
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (November 10, 1879 - December 5, 1931), an American poet born in Springfield, Illinois, became known as the "Prairie Troubador." Lindsay early advocated jazz poetry. Contents 1 Early years2 Beginnings as a poet3 \"The Congo\"3.1 Novel use of sound3.2&..

Vacherie, Louisiana
Vacherie is a small village in Louisiana. Here is the WCKW/KSTE-Tower, a guyed TV mast, which belongs to the tallest constructions on earth. See also North Vacherie, Louisiana, or Vacherie.South Vacherie, Louisiana, or Lower Vacherie. External links ..

Vacherin (cheese)
Vacherin Country of origin France, Switzerland Region, town Franche-Comté, Fribourg canton Source of milk Cows Pasteurized Traditionally, no Texture washed rind soft cheese Aging time 5-7 weeks Certification AOC France 1981; PDO France 1996; AOC France ..

Vacheron Constantin
Vacheron Constantin is a Swiss watch manufacturing company. It is the oldest continuing watch maker and one of the big three of Switzerland (the others being Patek and YLC). The often seen cross used on dials and movements is a Maltese cross. The company has been owned since 1996 by luxury goods g..

Vachetta leather
Vachetta leather is a premium leather which has a buttery soft appearance and ages to a deep patina. It is tanned using vegetable dyes. ..

Vache of Iberia
Vache was the king of Caucasian Iberia from 216 to 234 during the Nimrodids, or Second Pharnavazian dynasty. |- style="text-align: center;" ..

Vachnamrut
The Vachanamrut or the nectarine discourses of Bhagwan Swaminarayan is the most sacred and foundational scripture of the Swaminarayan Sampraday. It contains the profound wisdom of the Vedas, Upanishads, Brahmasutras, Bhagvad Gita, Bhagvat Purana, Dharma shastras like Yagnavalkya Smruti, Vidurniti..

Vacht Nacht
A 'Vacht Nacht' (Yiddish; "the night of watching") is the night before the Bris milah. on this night observed among Ashkenazic Jews, in which children recite the Shema and other verses near the baby. ..

Vacilando
A vacilando is a wanderer for whom the experience of travel is more important than travelling for the purpose of reaching a destination. John Steinbeck (in [[Travels With Charley: In Search of America]], 1962) wrote: "In Spanish there is a word for which I can't find a counterword in English. It ..

VACL
VACL is an acronym for VLAN Access Control Lists where VLAN stands for Virtual Local Area Network. Like a SPAN port or network tap it is a way to replicate computer network data that is coming and going from a computer or a network of computers. This is useful if you want to monitor that traffic t..

Vaclav Benda
Vaclav Benda (August 8, 1946 - June 2, 1999) was a Czechoslovakian born political activist and mathematician. Along with other dissidents in the 1960s and 70s, Benda led the movement for greater political freedom and expression in the communist-dominated nation. His efforts were largely unsuccessf..

Vaclav Emanuel Horak
Vaclav Emanuel Horák (German : Wenzel Emanuel Horák) (1800-1871) was a Bohemian composer and church musician. Life Horák visited the High School in Prague starting from 1813 and worked at the same time as a singer boy and later than Choralist at the pc. Niklas church in Prague small side. At th..

Vaclav Meidl
Vaclav Meidl (born 27 may 1986) is a ice hockey foreward. Vaclav Meidl was born in Havirov, Czech Republic. CHL Import Draft - Plymouth Whalers 1st Round (3rd) 2003NHL Entry Draft - Nashville Predators 3rd Round (81st) 2004 Season Team League GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 2001-2002 HC Zlin Czec..

Vaclav Nedorost
Vaclav Nedorost (born March 16, 1982, in Treninton, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak professional ice hockey center. He was drafted in the first round, 14th overall, by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Drafted out of HC Ceske Budejovice of the Czech Extraliga, Nedorost made his North..

Vaclav Prospal
Václav "Vinny" Prospal (Born - February 17, 1975 in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia) is a Professional Hockey Left Winger in the National Hockey League who has played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Ottawa Senators, Florida Panthers Tampa Bay Lightning and Anaheim Mighty Ducks. Contents 1&nb..

Vaclav Smil
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Vaclav Varada
Václav Varaďa (born April 26, 1976 in Vsetín, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech ice hockey player. He was originally drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the fourth round (89th overall). He was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in a deal for Doug Bodger. He created a reputation as a pest and a solid checking li..

Vaclav Zizler
Vaclav Zizler, Ph.D., Dr.Sc. is a Czech mathematics professor specializing in Banach space theory and non-linear spaces. He currently holds the position of Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. External links [Zizler's homepage at the Univerity of Alber..

Vacoas-Phœnix
Vacoas is one of the seven main towns in Mauritius. Population-wise, it has the fifth largest number of inhabitants. The town lies between Curepipe and Quatre Bornes in the western highlands region of the country, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Port Louis, the national capital. It was proclaimed a ..

Vacognes-Neuilly
Vacognes-Neuilly is a commune in the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie région of France. Its postal code is 14210. The INSEE code is 14721. Population: 431Area: 7.90 km²Elevation: 134 mCanton: Évrecy ..

Vacón
Vacón is a hybrid martial art used by the Peruvian military personnel and local police to prevent crime in impoverished areas. It was founded in the early 1980s by a former marine and jujitsu expert from the province of Villa el Salvador broadcasting the propaganda of his martial arts through book..

Vacon
For a similarly named martial art, see Vacón Vacon is a Finnish electronics company that manufactures AC drives and frequency converters. As of 2006 Vacon has a 2% share of the 6.1 billion euro global frequency converter market. Vacon was founded in 1993 and is listed on Helsinki Stock Exchange. Th..

Vacov
Vacov can refer to: Vác, a city in HungaryVacov, a village in the Czech Republic This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article...

Vacov (Prachatice District)
Vacov is a village in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 1,350 inhabitants. Villages Benešova Hora, Čábuze, Javorník, Lhota nad Rohanovem, Milíkov, Miřetice, Mladíkov, Nespice, Přečín, Ptákova Lhota, Rohanov, Vlkonice and Žár are administrative parts of..

Vacqueyras AOC
Vacqueyras is a wine-growing AOC in the southern Rhône wine region of France. Vacqueyras is a historic village at the foot of the Dentelles de Montmirail. It is well known for its wine and for Raimbaut de Vacqueyras, a 12th century troubadour. The village was a favorite of the famous 19th century ..

VACTERL association
The VATER or VACTERL association is a nonrandom association of birth defects. Features V - Vertebral anomaliesA - Anal atresiaC - Cardiovascular anomaliesT - Tracheoesophageal fistulaE - Esophageal atresiaR - Renal anomaliesL - Preaxial limb anomaliesThe diagnosis is made if at least three of the s..

Vactrain
A vactrain is an exotic, as-yet-unbuilt proposal for future high-speed railroad transportation. This would entail building maglev lines through vacuum-filled tunnels. Though the technology is currently being investigated for development of regional networks, advocates have suggested establishing v..

Vacuna
Roman Republic denarius, depicting Vacuna. In Roman mythology, Vacuna was an ancient Latin goddess, mainly worshiped at Tivoli. She was later identified with Ceres and Diana. She protected the farmers’ sleep, which in return offered her gifts and sacrifices after the harvest. Vacuna was late..

Vacuole
Vacuoles are membrane-bounded compartments within some eukaryotic cells that can serve a variety of secretory, excretory, and storage functions. Vacuoles and their contents are considered to be distinct from the cytoplasm, and are classified as ergastic according to some authors (Esau, 1965). Vacuol..

Vacuous truth
Informally, a logical statement is vacuously true (or trivially true) if it is true but doesn't provide any useful information; examples are statements of the form "anything that has property A must also have property B", where no entities with property A exist. It is tempting to dismiss this conc..

Vacutainer
A range of Vacutainer tubes containing blood. Vacutainer® is a trademark of Becton, Dickinson and company for a kind of test tube designed for venipuncture. Contents 1 Principles2 Contents of tubes2.1 Containers containing coagulants2.2 Containers containing anticoagu..

Vacuum
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. A vacuum is a volume of space that is substansively empty of matter, so that gaseous pressure is much less than standard atmospheric pressure. The root of the word vacuum is the Latin adjec..

Vacuuming Completely Nude In Paradise
Vacuuming Completely Nude In Paradise, is one of two TV Films directed by Danny Boyle in 2001; the other was Strumpet. A satire on door-to-door salesman,it features Timothy Spall and Michael Begley in the lead roles. Other Cast Members Katy CavanaghCaroline AshleyAlice BarryTerry BarryJonathan Brid..

Vacuummeter
A Vacuummeter is a device to meter pressure below atmospheric pressure Types: viscositycommpresionelectromagneticionionizationglow dischargealphatronbalometric stripthermalvacuummagnetic See also Vacuum gauge ..

Vacuum (band)
Vacuum is a Swedish synth pop musical group formed in 1996 by Alexander Bard and Anders Wollbeck. The history of the group can be divided into two distinct parts: before the departure of the group's leader Alexander Bard in 1999 and after his departure, since which the singer Mattias Lindblom has b..

Vacuum (disambiguation)
Vacuum can refer to vacuum, the absence of mattersuctionfree space, a concept of electromagnetic theory, corresponding to a theoretical "perfect vacuum"vacuum cleaner, a home appliancevacuum exercisevacuum furnaceVacuum (musical group)manifold vacuum, also called an engine vacuumThis is a [disa..

Vacuum angle
In quantum gauge theories, in the Hamiltonian formulation, the wave function is a functional of the gauge connection A and matter fields φ. Being a quantum gauge theory, we have to impose first class constraints in the form of functional differential equations. Basically, the Gauss constraint. In ..

Vacuum arc
A vacuum arc can arise when the surfaces of metal electrodes in contact with a good vacuum begin to emit electrons either through heating (thermionic emission) or via an electric field that is sufficient to cause field emission. Once initiated, a vacuum arc can persist since the freed particles gai..

Vacuum bag
A vacuum bag is a bag made of strong rubber-coated fabric, open at one end, and used to bond or laminate materials. The item to be laminated is placed inside the bag, the open end is sealed, and air is drawn out with a vacuum pump. As a result, uniform pressure approaching one atmosphere is applie..

Vacuum bed
A vacuum bed or vacrack is a rubber contraption used for the purposes of rubber fetishism and bondage. It is comprised of two sheets of latex secured by a frame, used for sealing a person inside. A powerful home vacuum cleaner can be applied to the task of removing air from between the two layers ..

Vacuum brake
The vacuum brake is a braking system used on trains. It was invented in 1877 in the USA, where it enjoyed only a brief period of popularity, primarily on narrow gauge railroads. The system took a greater hold in the United Kingdom, being used there as the primary form of train braking until the 197..

Vacuum breaker
An attachment commonly placed on a bibcock valve, that prevents water from being sucked backward from a garden hose into the public water system. This prevents contamination should the public water system's pressure drop. A vacuum breaker typically contains a plastic disc that is pressed forward by..

Vacuum casting
Vacuum casting is a means of casting small metal parts or jewelry that have fine detail or for casting various plastic materials. A porous or vented mold is used and is placed on a table or container where vacuum is applied. The liquid to be cast will be driven into the mold by atmospheric pressure,..

Vacuum chamber
A large vacuum chamber. A vacuum chamber is a rigid enclosure from which air and other gases are removed by a vacuum pump. The resulting low pressure, commonly referred to as a vacuum, allows researchers to conduct physical experiments or to test mechanical devices which must operate in outer s..

Vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner (colloquially in the UK, hoover after one of the major brands) is a device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from carpeted floors. Most homes with carpeted floors in developed countries possess a domestic vacuum cleaner for cleaning...

Vacuum coffee
Vacuum Coffee is a coffee prepared with a vacuum coffee brewer (Vac Pot). It is also known as siphon or syphon coffee. Contents 1 History2 Design3 Function4 Image5 Operation6 Reference History The device was invented by Loeff of Berlin the 1830's and has since been ..

Vacuum deposition
Vacuum deposition is a process used to create a thin layer of a substance (a coating) on a solid object (the substrate). The substrate is placed into a vacuum chamber and a small amount of the coating material is vaporized into the chamber. The molecules or atoms of vapor condense onto the substr..

Vacuum Diagrams
Vacuum Diagrams is a collection of science fiction short stories written by Stephen Baxter which connects the books of the Xeelee cycle and gives a feeling of the development of mankind, aliens and the universe. Every story is self-contained but interconnected by short words of the character Eve. ..

Vacuum distillation
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Vacuum distillation is a method of distillation whereby the pressure above the solution to be distilled is reduc..

Vacuum energy
Vacuum energy is an underlying background energy that exists in space even when devoid of matter. The vacuum energy results in existence of most (if not all) fundamental forces - and thus in all effects involving these forces too - and is observed in various experiments (like spontaneous emission ..

Vacuum engineering
Vacuum engineering deals with technological processes and equipment that use vacuum to achieve better results than those, run under atmospheric pressure. Most widespread applications of vacuum technology are: Vacuum coatingVacuum drying Vacuum coaters are capable of applying various types of coating..

Vacuum evaporation
Vacuum evaporation is the process of dropping the pressure in a container until water's boiling point is reached at room temperature. Once the water boils out of the room temperature food, the steam is removed and the food is able to be stored for long periods of time without spoiling. This process..

Vacuum exercise
The vacuum exercise is an exercise which involves contracting some internal abdominal muscles, primarily the Transversus abdominis muscle, and not as much the diaphragm, the "six pack" muscles or "abs" which are trained through crunches, leg raises, or other core exercises. Repetitions of the exerc..

Vacuum expectation value
In quantum field theory the vacuum expectation value (also called condensate) of an operator is its average, expected value in the vacuum. The vacuum expectation value of an operator O is usually denoted by [\langle O\rangle]. One of the best known examples of the vacuum expectation value ..

Vacuum flange
A vacuum flange is a flange at the end of a tube used to connect vacuum containing vessels, tubing and vacuum pumps to each other. Several vacuum flange standards exist. The ISO standard quick release flange, known as KF or QF is attached with a circular clamp. The ISO large flange (LF or LFB), is ..

Vacuum flask
For the type of laboratory glassware, see Büchner flask. Sketch from U.S. patent application A vacuum flask, today most familiar in the form of the common thermos (the latter is trademarked), is a resealable canister with excellent thermal insulation properties ("keeps hot things hot, cold..

Vacuum flask cooking
Vacuum flask cooking is an invention introduced to the Asian market in the mid-1990s. The vacuum cooker (燜燒鍋) is a stainless steel vacuum flask. The flasks come in various sizes ranging from 20-40 cm (8-16 in) in diameter and 25 cm (10 in) tall. A removable pot, with handle and lid, is insid..

Vacuum Flowers
Vacuum Flowers is a science fiction novel by Michael Swanwick, published in 1987. It could be described as cyberpunk (some critics credit as one of the pregenitor works of that genre), and features one of the earliest uses of the concept wetware. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and..

Vacuum fluorescent display
A vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) is a type of display used primarily on consumer-electronics equipment such as video cassette recorders. Unlike liquid crystal displays, a VFD emits a very bright light with clear contrast. The device consists of a cathode (filaments), anodes (phosphor) and gri..

Vacuum forming
Vacuum forming is a simplified version of thermoforming, whereby a sheet of plastic is heated to a forming temperature, stretched onto or into a single-surface mold, and held against the mold by applying vacuum between the mold surface and the sheet. Normally, draft angles must be present in the d..

Vacuum furnace
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Vacuum fusion
Vacuum fusion is an analytical chemistry technique, used for determining the oxygen, hydrogen, and sometimes nitrogen content of metals. While ineffective when used on alkali or earth metals, vacuum fusion remains a viable means when applied to almost all other metals. ..

Vacuum gauge
A vacuum gauge is used to measure the pressure in a vacuum, which is broadly divided into two categories: high and low vacuum (and sometimes ultra-high vacuum). Many of the different techniques used to measure these categories have an overlap at some point in the pressure range. By combining several..

Vacuum grease
Vacuum grease is a lubricant with low volatility and is used for applications in low pressure environments. Lubricants with higher volatility would evaporate, causing two problems: They would not be present to provide lubrication.They would make lowering the pressure below their vapor pressure diff..

Vacuum Induction Melting
Vacuum Induction Melting is a process for melting metal under vacuum conditions using electromagnetic induction. It works by creating electrical eddy currents in the metal which heats the "charge" to melt it. This process is used for refining of high purity metal and alloys, among other things. Re..

Vacuum Insulated Evaporator
The Vacuum Insulated Evaporator (VIE) is the most advantagous (cf. gas oxygen manifold), economical (has 10 days supply worth) and less labour intensive method to store and distribute piped medical oxygen to hospitals. It stores oxygen in a liquid format and thus needs to be extremely robust. It c..

Vacuum insulated panel
A Vacuum Insulated Panel (VIP) uses the insulative effects of a vacuum to produce much higher insulative values than conventional insulation. Conventional insulation produces an R-value of eight or less per inch (fiberglass being towards the lower end and foam panels towards the higher end). VIPs ..

Vacuum manifold
In quantum field theory, the vacuum state may be degenerate. Each pure vacuum state generates its own superselection sector, of course. The space of all pure vacuum states often has a manifold structure and is called the vacuum manifold. Vacuum manifolds arise during the process of spontaneous symm..

Vacuum mattress
vacuum mattress and its manual pump A vacuum mattress, or vacmat, is a medical device used for the immobilisation of patients, especially in case of a vertebra, pelvis or limb trauma (especially for femur trauma). It is also used for manual transportation of patients for short distances (it ..

Vacuum oven
A vacuum oven is a sealed chamber in which the pressure is lowered and the temperature is raised. One use of such an oven is to remove volatiles and bound gases from surfaces. Another is to heat a substance in an oxygen-poor environment to reduce oxidation. ..

Vacuum polarization
In quantum physics, if we expand about the Fock vacuum, the true vacuum contains short-lived "virtual" particle-antiparticle pairs which are created in pairs out of the Fock vacuum and then annihilate each other. Some of these particle-antiparticle pairs turn out to be charged, eg. virtual electron-..

Vacuum pump
A vacuum pump is a pump that removes gas molecules from a sealed volume in order to leave behind a partial vacuum. Contents 1 Types2 Performance measures3 Positive displacement4 Momentum transfer5 Entrapment6 Other pump types7 Techniques8 Uses of vacuum pum..

Vacuum solution
A vacuum solution is a solution of a field equation in which the sources of the field are taken to be identically zero. For example, in Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism, a vacuum solution would represent the electromagnetic field in a region of space where there are no electromagnetic sources ..

Vacuum solution (general relativity)
In general relativity, a vacuum solution is a Lorentzian manifold whose Einstein tensor vanishes identically. According to the Einstein field equation, this means that the stress-energy tensor also vanishes identically, so that no matter or non-gravitational fields are present. More generally, a v..

Vacuum splint
A vacuum splint is a device like a small vacuum mattress that is used in emergency medicine as a temporary splint. ..

Vacuum state
In quantum field theory, the vacuum state (also called the vacuum) is the quantum state with the lowest possible energy. By definition, it contains no physical particles. The term zero-point field is sometimes used as a synonym for the vacuum state of an individual quantized field. Contents 0.1..

Vacuum Tower Solar Telescope
The Vacuum Tower (Dunn Solar Telescope) is a 136 feet (41.5 m) tall tower, also extending 228 more feet (69.5 m) below ground which is evacuuated. It is located at the National Solar Observatory. External links http://www.nso.edu/nsosp/pr/vtt.html ..

Vacuum tube
In electronics, a vacuum tube (U.S. and Canadian English) or (thermionic) valve (outside North America) is a device generally used to amplify, or otherwise modify, a signal by controlling the movement of electrons in an evacuated space. For most purposes, the vacuum tube has been replaced by the muc..

Vacuum ultracentrifuge
The vacuum ultracentrifuge was invented by Edward Greydon Pickels. It was his contribution of the vacuum which allowed a reduction in friction generated at high speeds. Vacuum systems also enabled the maintenance of constant temperature. In 1946, Pickels cofounded Spinco (Specialized Instruments..

Vacys Reimeris
Vacys Reimeris (born Kuršėnai, 3 August 1921) is a Lithuanian poet. ..

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