gap : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gap	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for gap
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gap n a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures; "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs" Synonym(s): gap, spread an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" Synonym(s): opening, gap a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack" Synonym(s): gap, crack a pass between mountain peaks Synonym(s): col, gap a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" Synonym(s): break, interruption, disruption, gap v make an opening or gap in Synonym(s): gap, breach
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gap \Gap\, n. (A[89]ronautics) The vertical distance between two superposed surfaces, esp. in a biplane.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gap \Gap\, v. t. 1. To notch, as a sword or knife. 2. To make an opening in; to breach. Their masses are gapp'd with our grape. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gap \Gap\, n. [OE. gap; cf. Icel. gap an empty space, Sw. gap mouth, breach, abyss, Dan. gab mouth, opening, AS. geap expanse; as adj., wide, spacious. See {Gape}.] An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; 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. Miseries ensued by the opening of that gap. --Knolles. It would make a great gap in your own honor. --Shak. {Gap lathe} (Mach.), a turning lathe with a deep notch in the bed to admit of turning a short object of large diameter. {To stand in the gap}, to expose one's self for the protection of something; to make defense against any assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender or supporter. {To stop a gap}, to secure a weak point; to repair a defect.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gap, PA (CDP, FIPS 28376) Location: 39.98894 N, 76.02423 W Population (1990): 1226 (490 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17527
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GAP Groups Algorithms and Programming. A system for {symbolic mathematics} for computational discrete algebra, especially group theory, by Johannes Meier, Alice Niemeyer, Werner Nickel, and Martin Schonert of Aachen. GAP was designed in 1986 and implemented 1987. Version 2.4 was released in 1988 and version 3.1 in 1992. {Sun version (ftp://ftp.math.rwth-aachen.de/pub/gap)}. ["GAP 3.3 Manual, M. Schonert et al, Lehrstuhl D Math, RWTH Aachen, 1993]. (1995-04-12)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Gap a rent or opening in a wall (Ezek. 13:5; comp. Amos 4:3). The false prophets did not stand in the gap (Ezek. 22: 30), i.e., they did nothing to stop the outbreak of wickedness.