English Dictionary (1-1 of 1)
- gap
- [gæp]
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- 1. a break or opening in a wall, fence, etc
- 2. a break in continuity; interruption; hiatus
- 3. a break in a line of hills or mountains affording a route through
- 4. a gorge or ravine
- 5. a divergence or difference; disparity
- 6. a break in a magnetic circuit that increases the inductance and saturation point of the circuit
- 7.
See spark gap
- 8. to make a breach or opening in
- 9.
C14: from Old Norse gap chasm; related to gapa to gape , Swedish gap, Danish gab open mouth, opening
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Examples (1-5 of 5)
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there is a serious gap in the accounts
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there is a gap between his version of the event and hers
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the generation gap
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to jump a gap
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a spark gap
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