Meaning of nature abhors a vacuum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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.
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2. Generating a vacuum is impossible (a vacuum can never exist) owing to the inherent nature of the universe.
   idiomatic

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.”

“The ancients believed that nature abhors a vacuum.”

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