This operation is called lubrication.
Perception is when you fill in the gaps with what your senses tell you.
Lubrication is filling in gaps using oil.
closure
Closure.
When a writer expects the reader to fill in the gaps, he or she is expecting the reader to compress.
Compression
his tables contained gaps that elements with particular properties should fill.
his tables contained gaps that elements with particular properties should fill.
Cuts, curves and gaps.
Yes
Because at that time there were no known elements to fill those gaps. The fact that they were filled indicated the power of his classification method. When a scientific theory predicts things clearly and these are later found, the theory becomes validated.
Compression is the term used for leaving out unnecessary details and letting the reader fill in the gaps.