OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 60231

action at a distance

Meanings (ES + gloss)
acción a distancia
The concept that an object can be affected, changed, moved, or otherwise affected without being physically touched by another object.
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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