gap
Betekenis (Engels)
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- An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
- An opening allowing passage or entrance.
- An opening that implies a breach or defect.
- A vacant space or time.
- A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
- A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
- A mountain or hill pass.
- A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
- The regions between the outfielders.
- The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
- (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
- An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
- (slang) The vagina.
Concepten
Synoniemen
interest rate sensitivity gap
interest sensitivity gap
space between
water gap
loop-hole
small opening
snap off
vacant space
space character
missdistance
pause in writing
offset distance
separationism
clearance distance
breakaway gap
protector gap
roll bite
roll gap
having gaps
narrow defile
narrow gap
cleaning between the rolls
ferme
sprace
place of indeterminacy
band gap
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ɡæp/
Etymologie (Engels)
From Middle English gap, gappe, from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”), from gapa (“to gape, scream”), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to open wide, gape”). Related to Danish gab (“an expanse, space, gap”), Old English ġeap (“open space, expanse”); compare English gape.
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