Spacefiller

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stamp in poor condition used to fill a space in an album until a better quality example becomes available, or if the better example is prohibitively expensive.
  2. 2
    A pattern that grows quadratically by filling space with still life.

    "Spacefiller patterns might possibly even be within reach of current search programs; these would have much more predictable (and higher) growth rates from the start."

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"Spacefiller patterns might possibly even be within reach of current search programs; these would have much more predictable (and higher) growth rates from the start."

Etymology

From space + filler.

Related phrases

still life

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