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

Italian: vacuista m or f

See also

plenist

References

“vacuist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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