VACUOLATED
Vac"u*o*la`ted, a. (Biol.)
Defn: Full of vacuoles, or small air cavities; as, vacuolated cells.
VACUOLATION
Vac"u*o*la"tion, n. (Biol.)
Defn: Formation into, or multiplication of, vacuoles.
VACUOLE
Vac"u*ole, n. Etym: [L. vacuus empty: cf. F. vacuole.] (Biol.)
Defn: A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm. Contractile vacuole. (Zoöl.) See under Contractile, and see Illusts. of Infusoria, and Lobosa. — Food vacuole. (Zoöl.) See under Food, and see Illust. of Infusoria.
VACUOMETER
Vac`u*om"e*ter, n. [Vacuum + -meter.] (Physics)
(a) An instrument for the comparison of barometers.
(b) An apparatus for the measurement of low pressures.
VACUOUS
Vac"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. vacuus. See Vacant.]
Defn: Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.
Boundless the deep, because I am who fill Infinitude; nor vacuous the
space. Milton.
That the few may lead selfish and vacuous days. J. Morley.
VACUOUSNESS
Vac"u*ous*ness, n.