(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:13:21

Vac"u*ist (?), n. [Cf. F. vacuiste.]

One who holds the doctrine that the space between the bodies of the universe, or the molecules and atoms of matter., is a vacuum; -- opposed to plenist.

 

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