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Absolute space   /ˈæbsəlˌut speɪs/   Listen
Absolute space

noun
1.
Physical space independent of what occupies it.






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"Absolute space" Quotes from Famous Books



... application of this position of rest to any of the planets is, however, very difficult to conceive. MacLaurin, in relation to this fact, states: "This perseverance of a body in a state of rest can only take place in absolute space, and can then only be intelligible by admitting it." In dealing with the physical cause of Gravitation, I hope to be able to show that it can not only be admitted as a mathematical proposition, but that it can be made intelligible from the ...
— Aether and Gravitation • William George Hooper



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