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vacancy
Physics a defect in a crystalline solid caused by the absence of an atom, ion, or molecule from its position in the crystal lattice

vacancy [′vā·kən·sē]
(solid-state physics)
A defect in the form of an unoccupied lattice position in a crystal.


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Had a vacancy occurred in the post office at that time, I should have jumped at it.
Another sort is, when [1292b] the magistrates are men of very small fortune, who upon any vacancy do themselves fill it up: and if they do this out of the community at large, the state approaches to an aristocracy; if out of any particular class of people, it will be an oligarchy.
, there is now another vacancy open which entitles a member of the League to a salary of 4 pounds a week for purely nominal services.
 
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