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vacuum


The absence of matter.	1
‡ In the natural world, air will flow into regions of vacuum, giving rise to the saying “Nature abhors a vacuum.”	2
‡ The saying is extended informally: in politics, a lack of leadership may be referred to as a vacuum, which will presumably be filled by others rushing in.	3

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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