vacuum

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  1. noun Absence of matter.
  2. noun A space empty of matter.
  3. noun A space relatively empty of matter.
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  • And a vacuum -- there's nothing in a vacuum, so you've -- God couldn't be in there. —  Kary Mullis on what scientists do
  • Did they say what they'll pay you It's commission only, but the vacuum is a great product. —  EQMM,May2007
  • You probably also know that Einstein's theory of special relativity indicates that the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant -- light always travels at 186,000 miles per second. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 06 - December 1999
  • Obama, the messiah who supports partial birth abortions of cutting the baby's spine and sucking out the baby's head with a vacuum is a religious man? —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
  • My point is that learning in a vacuum is the worst way to learn. —  RubyCorner
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  1. Latin, empty space, from neuter of vacuus, empty, from vacāre, to be empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French vacuum = Spanish Portuguese Italian vacuo, from Latin vacuum, an empty space, a void, neuter of vacuus, empty: see vacuous.
 

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