sunyata vs vacuum

sunyata

noun
  • Emptiness, the absence of an intrinsic essence or nature which is stable and separable from other things. 

  • Emptiness, in terms of a meditative state; an Eastern concept of a high meditative state of calm and freedom from distraction. 

vacuum

noun
  • An emptiness in life created by a loss of a person who was close, or of an occupation. 

  • The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc. 

  • A vacuum cleaner. 

  • An exercise in which one draws their abdomen towards the spine. 

  • A region of space that contains no matter. 

  • A spacetime having tensors of zero magnitude. 

verb
  • To optimise a database or database table by physically removing deleted tuples. 

  • To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner. 

  • To use a vacuum cleaner. 

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