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adj
Between regions of vacuum (or of very low pressure)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An intervening empty space; a vacant interval.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Formed as inter- + vacuum, but compare the Latin intervacō (“to be empty between”).
