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vacuum
In the simplest sense, empty space. However, since a vacuum, either natural or artificial, is never completely empty, the term needs a modifier. Thus scientists speak of a hard vacuum, quantum vacuum, and so forth. See also Casimir effect, vacuum energy drive, and zero point energy.
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