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Descriptor English: Vacuum
Descriptor Spanish: Vacio
Descriptor vacío
Scope note: Espacio en el que la presión está muy por debajo de la presión atmosférica, de modo que los gases restantes no afectan a los procesos que se llevan a cabo en dicho espacio.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vácuo
Descriptor French: Vide
Entry term(s): Vacuums
Tree number(s): G01.374.715.902
G16.500.750.274.902
N06.230.300.100.185.902
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014618
Scope note: A space in which the pressure is far below atmospheric pressure so that the remaining gases do not affect processes being carried on in the space.
Annotation: usually NIM
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE 1978-90
History Note: 91(78); was see under ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE 1978-90
DeCS ID: 15021
Unique ID: D014618
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/04/27
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Vacuum - Preferred
Concept UI M0022464
Scope note A space in which the pressure is far below atmospheric pressure so that the remaining gases do not affect processes being carried on in the space.
Preferred term Vacuum
Entry term(s) Vacuums



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