different between forceps vs vacuum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin forceps.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??s?ps/, /?f??s?ps/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??s?ps/

Noun

forceps (plural forceps or forcipes or forcepses)

1. An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.

Usage notes

Although the Latin word is singular, this word is often treated as a plurale tantum by analogy with names for similar items such as tongs and tweezers: this forceps or these forceps (or even pair of forceps).

Synonyms

• pair of forceps

Hyponyms

• serrefine

Derived terms

• forceps delivery
• microforceps

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *formokaps through syncope. Surface etymology: from formus (“warm”) +? -ceps (“taker”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?for.keps/, [?f?rk?ps?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?for.t??eps/, [?f?rt???ps]

Noun

forceps m (genitive forcipis); third declension

1. (pair of) tongs, pincers, forceps

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• forcipatus

Descendants

References

• forceps in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• forceps in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• forceps in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• forceps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• forceps in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• forceps in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

From French forceps.

Noun

forceps n (plural forcepsuri)

1. forceps

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• vacuüm (rare)

Etymology

From Latin vacuum (“an empty space, void”), noun use of neuter of vacuus (“empty”), related to vacare (“be empty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?væ.kju?m/, /?væ.kju?.?m/

Noun

vacuum (plural vacuums or (rare) vacua) (see usage notes)

1. A region of space that contains no matter.
2. (plural only "vacuums") A vacuum cleaner.
3. The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.

   a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch

4. (physics) A spacetime having tensors of zero magnitude

Usage notes

• The Latin in vacuo is sometimes used instead of in a vacuum (in free space).

Synonyms

• (a region of space that contains no matter): vacancy, void
• (vacuum cleaner): hoover (British)

Antonyms

• (region of space that contains no matter): plenum

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

vacuum (third-person singular simple present vacuums, present participle vacuuming, simple past and past participle vacuumed)

1. (transitive) To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner.
2. (intransitive) To use a vacuum cleaner.
3. (transitive, databases) To optimise a database or database table by physically removing deleted tuples.

Synonyms

• (transitive sense): to hoover (British)
• (intransitive sense): to do the hoovering, to hoover (British)

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.k??m/

Noun

vacuum m (plural vacuums)

1. vacuum (space containing no matter)

Synonyms

• vide

Descendants

• Turkish: vakum

Further reading

• “vacuum” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Adjective

vacuum

1. accusative neuter singular of vacuus

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin vacuum

Noun

vacuum n (plural vacuumuri)

1. vacuum

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

• vácuum (recommended)

Noun

vacuum m (plural vacuums)

1. vacuum