plenum

See also:plénum

English

Etymology

FromLatinplēnum,noun use of neuter ofplēnus(“full”).The sense of "legislative meeting" is asemantic loanfromRussianпле́нум(plénum,“plenary session”),from the same Latin source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈpliːnəm/
• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈplɛnəm/

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-iːnəm
• Rhymes:-ɛnəm

Noun

plenum(pluralplenumsorplena)

2. (physics)Aspacethat is completely filled withmatter.
   • 1946,Bertrand Russell,A History of Western Philosophy:

     The idea was that a thing could only move into an empty place, and that, in aplenum,there are no empty places.

   • 2001,Edward Grant,God and Reason in the Middle Ages,page176:

     The key to understanding medieval interpretations of motion in hypothetically void space is to realize that medieval natural philosophers analyzed the same bodies in the void that they discussed in theplenumof their ordinary world.

4. (figuratively)A state offullness,a great quantity (of something).
   • 1974,Guy Davenport,Tatlin!:

     He lay on the long stone slant down to the slapping waves, his denim shorts, sneakers, and socks under his head for a pillow, feeling the splendour of distance in all directions, the liquid silence, theplenumof aloneness.

6. Alegislativemeeting(especially of the Communist Party) in which allmembersarepresent.
8. An enclosed space having greater thanatmosphericpressure.
10. The space above afalse ceilingused forcables,ductsetc.
12. (computing)A type of network cabling which satisfies plenum-ratings issued by the National Electrical Code. These cables produce less smoke and fumes in the event of fire.

Antonyms

• vacuum

Derived terms

• plenum chamber

Related terms

• plenary
• in pleno

Translations

a space that is completely filled with matter

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Sung mãn／Sung mãn(zh)(chōngmǎn),Sung thật／Sung thật(zh)(chōngshí)

• Finnish:täysitila
• Japanese:Sung thật(ja)(じゅうじつ, jūjitsu)

a state of fullness, a great quantity (of something)

• Bulgarian:пълнота́(bg)f(pǎlnotá)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Sung mãn／Sung mãn(zh)(chōngmǎn),Sung thật／Sung thật(zh)(chōngshí)

• Japanese:Sung thật(ja)(じゅうじつ, jūjitsu)
• Russian:полнота́(ru)f(polnotá)

a legislative meeting (especially of the Communist Party) in which all members are present

• Belarusian:пле́нумm(pljénum)
• Bulgarian:пле́нумm(plénum)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Toàn thể hội nghị／Toàn thể hội nghị(zh)(quántǐ huìyì),Toàn hội／Toàn hội(zh)(quánhuì)

• Finnish:täysistunto(fi),yleiskokous(fi)
• German:Plenum(de)n
• Greek:ολομέλεια(el)f(oloméleia)
• Japanese:Tổng hội(ja)(そうかい, sōkai),Toàn thể hội nghị(ぜんたいかいぎ, zentaikaigi)
• Kazakh:алқалық мәжіліс(alqalyq mäjılıs),алқалық жиналыс(alqalyq jinalys),пленум(plenum)
• Korean:총회( tổng hội )(chonghoe)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:plenumn

  Nynorsk:plenumn

• Persian:پلنوم(fa)(plenom)
• Russian:пле́нум(ru)m(plénum)
• Spanish:pleno(es)m
• Ukrainian:пле́нумm(plénum)

enclosed space having greater than atmospheric pressure

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Cao áp／Cao áp(zh)(gāoyā)

• Finnish:ylipainetila
• Japanese:プレナム(purenamu)

space above a false ceiling used for cables, ducts etc.

• Finnish:alakatonontelo,alakatonyläpuolinentila,alakatonpäälläolevatila
• Japanese:プレナム(purenamu)

type of network cabling which satisfies plenum-ratings issued by the National Electrical Code

• Japanese:プレナム(purenamu)

Anagrams

• lumpen

Latin

Adjective

plēnum

1. inflection ofplēnus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocativeneutersingular
   2. accusativemasculinesingular

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

FromLatinplenum.

Noun

plenumn(definite singularplenumet,indefinite pluralplena,definite pluralplenaene)

1. aplenum(meeting)
2. aplenary session
3. In public; somewhere (sometime) where and when everyone's allowed: not restricted to a certain group or the like.

   Thomas Giertsen var på apoteket og kassapersonen annonserte at han hadde en soppinfeksjon høyt iplenumså alle hørte det.

   Thomas Giertsen was in the apothecary and the pharmacist announced loudly his fungal infection to those present in the shop.

References

• “plenum”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
• “plenum”inDet Norske Akademis ordbok(NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

FromLatinplenum.

Noun

plenumn(definite singularplenumet,indefinite pluralplenum,definite pluralplenuma)

1. aplenum(meeting)
2. aplenary session

References

• “plenum”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism;possiblyborrowedfromGermanPlenum,Frenchplenum,orEnglishplenum,ultimately fromLatinplēnum.First attested in the 20th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈplɛ.num/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-ɛnum
• Syllabification:ple‧num

Noun

plenumn

1. plenum(alegislativemeeting(especially of the Communist Party) in which allmembersarepresent)
2. plenum(members gathered at such a meeting)

Declension

Declension ofplenum

	singular	plural
nominative	plenum	plena
genitive	plenum	plenów
dative	plenum	plenom
accusative	plenum	plena
instrumental	plenum	plenami
locative	plenum	plenach
vocative	plenum	plena

Further reading

• plenuminWielki słownik języka polskiego,Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• plenumin Polish dictionaries at PWN