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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, technology
Examples
- 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.
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Generating a vacuum is impossible (a vacuum can never exist) owing to the inherent nature of the universe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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- The ancients believed that nature abhors a vacuum.
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A power vacuum will usually be filled quickly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, politics
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