Aug 21, 2017 · By the way, Merriam-Webster's Eleventh Collegiate Dictionary (2003) continues to list a three-syllable pronunciation of vacuum as a secondary (or tertiary) pronunciation of the …

Jun 26, 2011 · A simple vacuum tube, a triode, with its heated cathode. Source. As expected with an insulator, electrons cannot move in vacuum, there is no electric current, the impatient …

For this specific scenario, the usage of "opposite to" and "opposite" is indistinguishable in resulting meaning.

Dec 13, 2011 · Electrical isolation amounts to using an air gap (or vacuum) as an insulating (nonconducting) medium; like most electrical insulators, air has a breakdown voltage, typically …

Jun 23, 2020 · Do vacuum cleaners suck? Is water wet? Is the hypotenuse the longest side of a triangle? Does a bear live in the woods? I’ll answer you with my favorite ‘Y’ word—Yes! Is the …

Feb 22, 2018 · A bit like "help" functions nowadays - only useful once you happen on a keyword. "Bulldog" is a proprietary eponym - a proprietary word that has become synonymous with a …

Jan 10, 2018 · The adage 'happy wife, happy life' could be said to have appeared at least as early as 1903, in the final verse of a choice bit of doggerel titled "The Work and Wages Party", …

Phonetics of the "oo" sounds. I think there are 6 pronunciations of "oo" as a digraph. As other people have mentioned, it can also represent two vowels in hiatus, as in "cooperate" or "zoology".

The more I think about it the more confused I get: One good example is here:. Hmm. Maybe something like this. It's the end of the day and things didn't go well.

Nov 15, 2012 · Two very well established examples I can think of are: Guesstimate (i.e. Guess + Estimate) Chillax (i.e. Chill + Relax) I guess I am meaning the process where two words are …