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"ref": "1984, David Layzer, Constructing the Universe, page 7",
"text": "For Descartes, as for Aristoteles, the doctrine of the Plenum rested on two self-evident truths: Nature abhors a vacuum, and there can be no action at a distance .",
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"code": "ca",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "acció a distància"
},
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "agado ĉe distanco"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "action à distance"
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{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Fernwirkung"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "azione a distanza"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "āctiō in distāns"
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"feminine"
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"word": "ação à distância"
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"feminine"
],
"word": "acción a distancia"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
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"word": "uzaktan etki"
}
]
}
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"word": "action at a distance"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "acció a distància"
},
{
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "agado ĉe distanco"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "action à distance"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "Translations",
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"feminine"
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"word": "Fernwirkung"
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{
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "azione a distanza"
},
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "āctiō in distāns"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ação à distância"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "acción a distancia"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "uzaktan etki"
}
],
"word": "action at a distance"
}
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