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nature abhors a vacuum

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  1. Generating and maintaining a near-vacuum is challenging (requiring technical rigor)…

    Generating and maintaining a near-vacuum is challenging (requiring technical rigor) because ambient pressure tends to push matter forcefully into the evacuated chamber; and generating a true vacuum (devoid of any matter at all) is extremely challenging.

    • The development of practical electric light bulbs was challenging not least because nature abhors a vacuum: removing all air from the bulbs was not as easy as it at first seemed.

  2. Generating a vacuum is impossible (a vacuum can never exist) owing to the inherent nature…

    Generating a vacuum is impossible (a vacuum can never exist) owing to the inherent nature of the universe.

    • The ancients believed that nature abhors a vacuum.

  3. A power vacuum will usually be filled quickly.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nature abhors a vacuum. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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