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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vacuity  \Va*cu"i*ty\,  n.  [L.  vacuitas  See  {Vacuous}.] 
  1.  The  quality  or  state  of  being  vacuous,  or  not  filled; 
  emptiness;  vacancy;  as  vacuity  of  mind;  vacuity  of 
  countenance. 
 
  Hunger  is  such  a  state  of  vacuity  as  to  require  a 
  fresh  supply  of  aliment.  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  2.  Space  unfilled  or  unoccupied,  or  occupied  with  an 
  invisible  fluid  only;  emptiness;  void;  vacuum. 
 
  A  vacuity  is  interspersed  among  the  particles  of 
  matter.  --Bentley. 
 
  God  .  .  .  alone  can  answer  all  our  longings  and  fill 
  every  vacuity  of  our  soul.  --Rogers. 
 
  3.  Want  of  reality;  inanity;  nihility.  [R.] 
 
  Their  expectations  will  meet  with  vacuity. 
  --Glanvill. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vacuity 
  n  1:  the  absence  of  matter  [syn:  {vacuum}] 
  2:  total  absence  of  matter  [syn:  {vacuousness}] 
  3:  a  region  empty  of  matter  [syn:  {vacuum}] 
  4:  total  lack  of  meaning  or  ideas  [syn:  {inanity},  {senselessness}, 
  {mindlessness},  {pointlessness}]




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