"spacefiller" meaning in English

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        "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."
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        "(philately) 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."
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          "ref": "2008 May 31, Dave Greene, “Life: B37/S23 - A Chaotic Universe.”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):",
          "text": "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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          "ref": "2009 December 16, Mark Jeronimus, “WireWorld Extendable 3”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):",
          "text": "Other things that can be built (I see no reason why not) are a self-replicator, quadratically growing spacefiller, programmable computer/constructor, self-growing prime number sieve.",
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        "A pattern that grows quadratically by filling space with still life."
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        "(cellular automata) A pattern that grows quadratically by filling space with still life."
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        "(cellular automata) A pattern that grows quadratically by filling space with still life."
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