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{{Term
|Display title=free space
|Definitions={{Definition
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|Meaning=A hypothetical medium devoid of all matter (i.e., a perfect vacuum).
|Explanation=No such medium exists except as an idealization. Even interstellar space is sparsely populated  with atoms (mostly [[hydrogen]]), molecules, and [[particles]].
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