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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plenum  \Ple"num\,  n.  (Ventilation) 
  A  condition,  as  in  an  occupied  room  in  which  the  pressure  of 
  the  air  is  greater  than  that  of  the  outside  atmosphere;  as  a 
  plenum  may  exist  in  a  hall  ventilated  by  a  fan  blower. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plenum  \Ple"num\,  n.  [L.,  fr  plenus  full.] 
  That  state  in  which  every  part  of  space  is  supposed  to  be 
  full  of  matter;  --  opposed  to  vacuum.  --G.  Francis. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  plenum 
  n  :  an  enclosed  space  in  which  the  air  pressure  is  higher  than 
  outside 




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