vacuist
English
Etymology
Compare French vacuiste.
Noun
vacuist (plural vacuists)
- (philosophy) A believer in vacuism; someone who holds the doctrine that there is a vacuum in the space between the bodies of the universe, or the molecules and atoms of matter.
Translations
One who holds the doctrine that the space between the bodies of the universe, or the molecules and atoms of matter, is a vacuum
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See also
References
- “vacuist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.