plenum

plenum
noun /ˈpliːnəm/
a) A space that is completely filled with matter.

The idea was that a thing could only move into an empty place, and that, in a plenum, there are no empty places.

b) A state of fullness, a great quantity (of something).

The key to understanding medieval interpretations of motion in hypothetically void space is to realize that medieval natural philosophers analyzed the same bodies in the void that they discussed in the plenum of their ordinary world.


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  • plenum — plénum ou plenum [ plenɔm ] n. m. • 1929; à propos de la Suède 1770; lat. plenum, repris du russe ♦ Polit., hist. Réunion plénière d une assemblée, d un organisme (notamment le Comité central du parti communiste des ex pays socialistes). Des… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • Plenum — Plenum: Die Bezeichnung für »Vollversammlung einer politischen Körperschaft (insbesondere des Parlaments)« wurde im 19. Jh. aus gleichbed. engl. plenum entlehnt, das aus lat. plenum consilium »vollzählige Versammlung« gekürzt ist. – Dazu stellt… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

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