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gap (gap)

noun

  1. a hole or opening, as in a wall or fence, made by breaking or parting; breach
  2. a mountain pass, cleft, or ravine
  3. an interruption of continuity in space or time; hiatus; lacuna
  4. a lag or disparity between conditions, ideas, natures, etc.
  5. spark gap

Etymology: ME < ON < gapa, to yawn, gape

transitive verb gapped, gapping gap′·ping

to make an opening in; breach

intransitive verb

to come apart; open

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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