单词 | plenist |
释义 | plenist|ˈpliːnɪst| [f. L. plen-um + -ist.] An adherent of the theory that all space is full of matter, and that there is no such thing as a vacuum: see plenum 1.
1660Boyle New Exp. Phys. Mech. xvii. 122 The Plenists (if I may so call them) do not prove that such spaces are replenish'd with such a subtle Matter as they speak of. 1682Creech Lucretius Notes (1683) 14 And this Mr. Hobs, a great Plenist, freely confesseth would follow. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 8. 1/2 Cou'd the Plenists prove their plenum. 1899Dublin Rev. Oct. 326 This harmless vacuum was a great thorn in the side of some of the later plenists. |

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