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They mean that there are no air particles in space.
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What do physicists mean by vacuum?
In Latin the word vacuum means empty space. It is a space from which most or all of the matter has been removed, or where there is little or no matter
What does the word vacuum mean in science?
It's a space where there is no matter. A perfect vacuum will have no gas particles at all.
Can you shake up a soda bottle in outer space?
if you mean with outer space is outside the orbit of earth, then the answer is no. space outside the gravitational orbit of any planet is a vacuum and nothing can move in a vacuum; be it a bottle or the soda in the bottle, whichever you mean.
If there is no air in space does that mean that it's silent?
Yes, sound waves can not travel through the vacuum of space.
What is sound in air?
Sound in oxygen is slow moving, but sound in space is not possible(by space, I mean a vacuum)
Can sound travle to space?
Space is a vacuum. Sound cannot travel in vacuum
What is an empty space with no or very few particles?
A hard vacuum or interstellar space.
How does a satellites move in space when its vacuum?
well space is like a vacuum you cant escape it and sound wave do not travel in space but space isn't literally a vacuum so they move by rockets and the gravity of earth
What is a vacuum made of?
A vacuum is composed of empty space.
What is a completely empty space?
A completely empty space is called a vacuum. A vacuum does not even have air. Sound cannot travel through a vacuum.
What is the vacuume of space?
Vacuum of space is nothingness.
Is there a difference between empty space and an absolute vacuum ie Does an absolute vacuum posses a Higg's field?
THEORETICALLY: An absolute vacuum has no mass contained. In empty space there is no mass, so an absolute vacuum is empty space and empty space is an absolute vacuum. There is no difference. Although, there may be energy passing through the empty space or vacuum in the form of electromagnetic waves, or gravitational or magnetic fields.
