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English Dictionary: gap by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gap
n
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack"
    Synonym(s): gap, crack
  4. a pass between mountain peaks
    Synonym(s): col, gap
  5. a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
  6. 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
  1. 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.
     
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