Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
gap (noun)1.
a) a break in a barrier (as a wall, hedge, or line of military defense)
b) an assailable position
2.
a) a mountain pass
b) - ravine
3.
- spark gap
4.
a) a separation in space
b) an incomplete or deficient area - a gap in her knowledge
5.
a break in continuity - hiatus
6.
a break in the vascular cylinder of a plant where a vascular trace departs from the central cylinder
7.
lack of balance - disparity the gap between imports and exports
8.
a wide difference in character or attitude - the generation gap
9.
a problem caused by some disparity - a communication gap credibility gap
transitive verb
1.
to make an opening in
2.
intransitive verb
to adjust the space between the electrodes of (a spark plug) to fall or stand open
