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1. The word is widely used as the second element of expressions denoting 'a divergence in views, sympathies, development, etc.' Those recorded in the Old English (up to 1150)D include age gap (1963), credibility gap (first recorded in 1966), dollar gap (1948), export gap (1952), gender gap (1977), generation gap (1967), missile gap (1959), and technology gap (1967).

2. Since the 1980s the practice of students taking a break from full-time education in order to travel and gain experience of the world between school and university has been institutionalized in the term gap year.

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(1) The space between blocks of data on magnetic tape.

(2) The space in a read/write head over which magnetic flux (energy) flows causing the underlying magnetic tape or disk surface to become magnetized in the corresponding direction.

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noun

1. An opening, especially in a solid structure: breach, break, hole, perforation, rupture. See open/close.
2. A space or interval between objects or points: interspace, interstice, interval, separation. See open/close.
3. An interval during which continuity is suspended: break, hiatus, interim, lacuna, void. See continue/stop/pause.
4. A marked lack of correspondence or agreement: difference, disagreement, discrepance, discrepancy, disparity, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency. See agree/disagree.

verb

1. To make a hole or other opening in: breach, break (through), hole, perforate, pierce, puncture. See open/close.
2. To open wide: gape, yawn. See wide/narrow.

n

Definition: break, breach
Antonyms: closure

An opening, as in a wall; an open joint.

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(DOD) An area within a minefield or obstacle belt, free of live mines or obstacles, whose width and direction will allow a friendly force to pass through in tactical formation. See also phoney minefield.

For a list of words related to gap, see:

• Hills, Hollows, and Valleys - gap: mountain pass; ravine
• Football
• Fixed Positions and Points - gap: break in space; empty space in continuity

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hul, åbning, brud
v. tr. - danne åbning, danne mellemrum
v. intr. - stå åben

Nederlands (Dutch)
kloof, opening, gat, tussenruimte, een opening creëren, openvallen/-staan

Français (French)
n. - interstice, espace, blanc, trou, créneau, silence, différence, divergence, lacune, créneau (publicitaire), (Fin) déficit
v. tr. - ouvrir une brèche dans, faire une trouée dans
v. intr. - s'ouvrir tout grand, être béant, être grand ouvert

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kluft, Lücke, Zwischenraum
v. - den (Elektroden)abstand einstellen, eine Öffnung machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άνοιγμα, χάσμα, τρύπα, ρήγμα, χαράδρα, διάστημα, κενό, διάκενο
v. - κάνω άνοιγμα/ρωγμή

Italiano (Italian)
breccia, abisso (anche fig.), apertura, lacuna, intervallo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - abertura (f), vazio (m), interrupção (f)

Русский (Russian)
брешь, зазор, щель, интервал, пробел, расхождение во взглядах или интересах, отставание, прорыв (в обороне), ущелье

Español (Spanish)
n. - brecha, distancia, disparidad, boquete, desfiladero, quebrada, vacío, hueco, laguna, intervalo, claro
v. tr. - abrir una brecha o apertura
v. intr. - separarse, desprenderse, formar una brecha

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - öppning, hål, lucka
v. - fylla en lucka, vidga en klyfta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
缝隙, 间断, 缺口, 使豁裂, 使成缺口, 豁开, 裂开

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 縫隙, 間斷, 缺口
v. tr. - 使豁裂, 使成缺口
v. intr. - 豁開, 裂開

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 구멍, 틈새, 차이
v. tr. - 갈리진 틈을 만들다
v. intr. - 벌어지다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 割れ目, すき間, 相違, 隔たり, 欠陥, とぎれ, 峡谷, 山あいの道, 空所

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فجوة (فعل) يحدث ثغرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מרווח זמן, הפסקה, חלל, מרחק, פער, פרצה, גיא עמוק‬
v. tr. - ‮פתח פער‬
v. intr. - ‮יצר או הציג פער‬

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