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n. An opening in a solid structure or surface; a cleft or breach: wriggled through a gap in the fence; a large gap in the wall where the artillery shell had exploded.

n. A break in a line of defense.

n. An opening through mountains; a pass.

n. A space between objects or points; an aperture: a gap between his front teeth.

n. An interruption of continuity: a nine-minute gap in the recorded conversation; needed to fill in the gaps in her knowledge.

n. A conspicuous difference or imbalance; a disparity: a gap between revenue and spending; the widening gap between rich and poor.

n. A problematic situation resulting from such a disparity: the budget gap; the technology gap.

n. A spark gap.

n. Computer Science An absence of information on a recording medium, often used to signal the end of a segment of information.

n. Electronics The distance between the head of a recording device and the surface of the recording medium.

v. To make an opening in.

verb-intransitive. To be or become open.

n. An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.

n. An opening allowing passage or entrance.

n. An opening that implies a breach or defect.

n. A vacant space or time.

n. A hiatus.

n. A mountain or hill pass.

n. A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).

n. The regions between the outfielders.

n. The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.

v. To notch, as a sword or knife.

v. To make an opening in; to breach.

v. To check the size of a gap.

n. An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; ; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass.

n. The vertical distance between two superposed surfaces, esp. in a biplane.

v. To notch, as a sword or knife.

v. To make an opening in; to breach.

n. A break or opening, as in a fence, a wall, or the like; a breach; a chasm; a way of passage, as between rocks or through a mountain; a vacant space.

n. Specifically A deep sloping ravine, notch, or cleft cutting a mountain-ridge.

n. In general, any hiatus, breach, or interruption of consecutiveness or continuity: as, a gap in an argument.

n. See the extract, and break-lathe.

To notch or jag; cut into teeth like those of a saw.

To make a break or opening in, as a fence, a wall, or any mass of matter.

To cause a hiatus of any kind in; cause to lose consecutiveness or continuity.

n. a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations

n. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

n. a pass between mountain peaks

n. a narrow opening

v. make an opening or gap in

n. an open or empty space in or between things

n. a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

"Bull, one of this year's panelists, said this is not the first NACAC panel on the topic, but it is the first time the term gap year was used in the title."

gapped    gapping    gaps   

open    open up    disparity   

breach    to stop a gap    to stand in the gap    foliar gap   

gapped    gapping   

gap year   

hiatus    breach   

App    Capp    Jap    Lapp    Papp    Trapp    Yap    app    cap    chap   

hole    crack    break    difference    barrier    space    error    flaw    shift    trend