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gap
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[ noun ] a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
Synonyms Examples : "gap between income and outgo" "the spread between lending and borrowing costs" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)the first hearing was fascinating and the second disillusioning as the gap between sound and substance became clearer . (S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)Fourth , the two indicators are for_the_most_part widely separated chronologically , with the extensive age gap occurring during childhood for all but one growth center . (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)As the historic processes of modernization gradually gain momentum , their cohesion will be threatened by divisive forces , the gaps between rulers and subjects , town and country , will widen ; new aspirants for power will emerge whose ambitions far exceed their competence ; old rulers may lose their nerve and their sense_of_direction . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a narrow opening
Synonyms Examples "he opened the window a crack" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)The gap between the bookshelf and the record cabinet grows smaller with each new recording catalogue . (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)To reduce heat transfer from the hot gas to this anode holder outside the region of the arc , a carbon shield was attached to the surface providing an air gap of 1/16 inch between the plate and the surface of the anode holder . |
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[ noun ] an open or empty space in or between things
Synonyms Examples "there was a small opening between the trees" "the explosion made a gap in the wall" Used in print (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)But there remained one mysterious , unexplored gap , far to_the_north . |
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[ noun ] an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
Synonyms Examples "it was presented without commercial breaks" Related terms delay interjection cut-in breaking_off cut-in heckling interrupt interrupt |
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