1
a
: a space or all space every part of which is full of matter
b
: an air-filled space in a structure
especially
: one that receives air from a blower for distribution (as in a ventilation system)
2
: a general assembly of all members especially of a legislative body
3
: the quality or state of being full
Examples of plenum in a Sentence
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This comes after a party plenum, top Communist Party officials were expected to set out an economic agenda, failed to materialize as expected late last year.
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Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024
For buyers in California, the restorer also received an executive order from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for an engine build that can pass smog testing when assembled with a non-adjustable intake plenum, a fuel-pressure regulator, and specific cams.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2024
But the plenum has yet to be scheduled and may be delayed until next year.
—Joy Dong, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
Yet no sooner had the plenum closed and the party released its initial communiqué than observers dismissed the meeting as a bust.
—Evan A. Feigenbaum, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2013
As if the drama in the Knesset and the fire on the streets weren’t enough, Netanyahu actually arrived at the Knesset plenum directly from a cardiac care unit.
—Jo-Ann Mort, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
Air is picked up by a four-inch-diameter duct just above the front air dam, flows unimpeded to the carburetor, where fuel is added, and then turns through 90 degrees in the plenum to enter the turbo compressor in a horizontal stream.
—Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 1 May 2023
The intake and exhaust plumbing has been smoothed out to improve airflow, and a plastic intake manifold replaces the former aluminum plenum equipped on manuals and features larger ports that feed a revised valvetrain.
—David Beard, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2021
Instead, there's a water jacket surrounding the plenum chamber.
—Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 1 May 2023
Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024
For buyers in California, the restorer also received an executive order from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for an engine build that can pass smog testing when assembled with a non-adjustable intake plenum, a fuel-pressure regulator, and specific cams.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2024
But the plenum has yet to be scheduled and may be delayed until next year.
—Joy Dong, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
Yet no sooner had the plenum closed and the party released its initial communiqué than observers dismissed the meeting as a bust.
—Evan A. Feigenbaum, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2013
As if the drama in the Knesset and the fire on the streets weren’t enough, Netanyahu actually arrived at the Knesset plenum directly from a cardiac care unit.
—Jo-Ann Mort, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
Air is picked up by a four-inch-diameter duct just above the front air dam, flows unimpeded to the carburetor, where fuel is added, and then turns through 90 degrees in the plenum to enter the turbo compressor in a horizontal stream.
—Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 1 May 2023
The intake and exhaust plumbing has been smoothed out to improve airflow, and a plastic intake manifold replaces the former aluminum plenum equipped on manuals and features larger ports that feed a revised valvetrain.
—David Beard, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2021
Instead, there's a water jacket surrounding the plenum chamber.
—Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 1 May 2023
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“Plenum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plenum. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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