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† ˈvacuist Obs.
[ad. mod.L. vacuista, f. vacu-um vacuum n. So It. and Sp. vacuista, F. vacuiste.]
One who maintains the possibility of a vacuum in nature.
1660Boyle New Exp. Phys.-Mech. xvii. 122 Those spaces which the Vacuists would have to be empty, because they are manifestly devoid of Air, and all the grosser bodies. 1664Power Exp. Philos. ii. 132 The second Hypothesis 's of the Vacuists. 1682Creech Lucretius (1683) Notes 14 Mr. Hobs adds another Argument, which is of no force against the Vacuists. |