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gap

  [gap] noun, verb, gapped, gap⋅ping.
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–noun
1. a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach: We found a gap in the enemy's line of fortifications.
2. an empty space or interval; interruption in continuity; hiatus: a momentary gap in a siren's wailing; a gap in his memory.
3. a wide divergence or difference; disparity: the gap between expenses and income; the gap between ideals and actions.
4. a difference or disparity in attitudes, perceptions, character, or development, or a lack of confidence or understanding, perceived as creating a problem: the technology gap; a communications gap.
5. a deep, sloping ravine or cleft through a mountain ridge.
6. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a mountain pass: the Cumberland Gap.
7. Aeronautics. the distance between one supporting surface of an airplane and another above or below it.
–verb (used with object)
8. to make a gap, opening, or breach in.
–verb (used without object)
9. to come open or apart; form or show a gap.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ON gap chasm

Related forms:
gapless, adjective

Synonyms:
2. pause, interstice, break, interlude, lull.
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gap   (gāp)   
n.  

    1. 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.

    2. A break in a line of defense.

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

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

  2. An opening through mountains; a pass.

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

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

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

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

  6. A spark gap.

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

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

v.   gapped, gap·ping, gaps

v.   tr.
To make an opening in.
v.   intr.
To be or become open.

[Middle English, from Old Norse, chasm.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

gap 
1261, from O.N. gap "chasm," related to gapa "to gape." Originally "hole in a wall;" broader sense is 16c. In U.S., common in place names in ref. to a break or pass in a long mountain chain (especially one that water flows through).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

gap

A price range in which no shares are traded. A gap on a chart is created when the lowest price at which a security trades on one day is above the highest price at which the same security was traded on the previous day. Thus, if a stock trades between a low of $51 and a high of $52.50 on Monday and between $53.50 and $54 on the following day, a gap from $52.50 to $53.50 is created on a chartist's graph. A gap may have varying degrees of significance, depending on the general formation and the volume at the time the gap occurs. Also called price gap. See also breakaway gap, exhaustion gap, runaway gap.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: gap
Pronunciation: 'gap
Function: noun
: a break in continuity especially of structure : HIATUS
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

gap (gāp)
n.

  1. An opening in a structure or surface; a cleft or breach.

  2. An interval or discontinuity in any series or sequence.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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