chasma

Updated: May 14, 2025

For if there can be a space void of body equal to the smallest separate particle of matter now existing in nature, it is still space without body; and makes as great a difference between space and body as if it were mega chasma, a distance as wide as any in nature.

John Locke - An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 : MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2