'GAP' definitions:
Definition of 'gap'
(from WordNet)
noun
A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures; "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs" [syn: gap, spread]
noun
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" [syn: opening, gap]
noun
A narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack" [syn: gap, crack]
noun
A pass between mountain peaks [syn: col, gap]
noun
A difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
noun
An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" [syn: break, interruption, disruption, gap]
verb
Make an opening or gap in [syn: gap, breach]
Definition of 'Gap'
From: GCIDE
- Gap \Gap\ (g[a^]p), 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.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Miseries ensued by the opening of that gap. --Knolles. [1913 Webster]
- It would make a great gap in your own honor. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (A["e]ronautics) The vertical distance between two superposed surfaces, esp. in a biplane. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gap'
From: GCIDE
- Gap \Gap\, v. t.
- 1. To notch, as a sword or knife. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make an opening in; to breach. [1913 Webster]
- Their masses are gapp'd with our grape. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'gap'
From: 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.
Synonyms of 'gap'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abysm,
- abyss,
- aperture,
- arrearage,
- arroyo,
- bottom,
- bottom glade,
- bottoms,
- box canyon,
- breach,
- break,
- breakage,
- broaching,
- burst,
- caesura,
- canyon,
- cavity,
- cessation,
- chap,
- chasm,
- check,
- chimney,
- chink,
- chip,
- clearing,
- cleavage,
- cleave,
- cleft,
- cleuch,
- clough,
- clove,
- col,
- coulee,
- couloir,
- crack,
- cranny,
- crevasse,
- crevice,
- cut,
- cut apart,
- cwm,
- dale,
- defalcation,
- defect,
- deficiency,
- deficit,
- defile,
- dehisce,
- delay,
- dell,
- difference,
- dike,
- dingle,
- disagreement,
- disclosure,
- discontinuity,
- discrepancy,
- disparity,
- disruption,
- distance,
- distinction,
- ditch,
- divergence,
- division,
- donga,
- draw,
- excavation,
- fault,
- fenestra,
- fissure,
- fistula,
- flaw,
- flume,
- fontanel,
- foramen,
- fracture,
- furrow,
- gape,
- gash,
- gat,
- gill,
- glen,
- gorge,
- groove,
- grove,
- gulch,
- gulf,
- gully,
- halt,
- hang open,
- hiatus,
- hole,
- hollow,
- incise,
- incision,
- inconsistency,
- inlet,
- interim,
- intermission,
- interruption,
- interspace,
- interval,
- intervale,
- joint,
- kloof,
- lack,
- lacuna,
- laying open,
- leak,
- letup,
- lull,
- lunar rill,
- missing link,
- moat,
- need,
- notch,
- nullah,
- omission,
- open,
- opening,
- opening up,
- orifice,
- oscitate,
- outage,
- outlet,
- pass,
- passage,
- passageway,
- pause,
- pore,
- ravine,
- recess,
- rent,
- respite,
- rest,
- rift,
- rime,
- rip,
- rive,
- rupture,
- scale,
- scissure,
- seam,
- separation,
- shortage,
- slash,
- slice,
- slit,
- slot,
- space,
- splinter,
- split,
- stoma,
- stop,
- strath,
- suspension,
- tear,
- throwing open,
- trench,
- trough,
- ullage,
- uncorking,
- unstopping,
- vale,
- valley,
- void,
- wadi,
- wait,
- want,
- wantage,
- yawn
Gap, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Gap, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
Population (2000) :
1611
Housing Units (2000) :
597
Land area (2000) :
2.794488 sq. miles (7.237690 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2.794488 sq. miles (7.237690 sq. km)
FIPS code :
28376
Located within :
Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location :
39.987360 N, 76.019254 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
17527
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Acronyms for 'gap'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Generic Access Profile (DECT, Europe, Bluetooth)
- Generic Address Parameter
Words containing 'GAP'
- Bone Gap,
- Buffalo Gap,
- Bulls Gap,
- Cranfills Gap,
- Cumberland Gap,
- Fancy Gap,
- Foliar gap,
- Gap lathe,
- Gap, PA,
- Jacksons' Gap,
- Judith Gap,
- Mortons Gap,
- Pecan Gap,
- Pennington Gap,
- Pleasant Gap,
- Shade Gap,
- Spark gap,
- To stand in the gap,
- To stop a gap,
- Union Gap,
- Wind Gap,
- credibility gap,
- gapped scale,
- generation gap,
- narrow the gap,
- trade gap,
- water gap,
- Big Stone Gap,
- Bone Gap, IL,
- Buffalo Gap, SD,
- Buffalo Gap, TX,
- Bulls Gap, TN,
- Cranfills Gap, TX,
- Cumberland Gap, TN,
- Delaware Water Gap,
- Fancy Gap, VA,
- Fort Indiantown Gap,
- Gap-toothed,
- Jacksons' Gap, AL,
- Judith Gap, MT,
- Mortons Gap, KY,
- Pecan Gap, TX,
- Pennington Gap, VA,
- Pleasant Gap, PA,
- Shade Gap, PA,
- Stop-gap,
- Union Gap, WA,
- Wind Gap, PA,
- Big Stone Gap, VA,
- Delaware Water Gap, PA,
- Fort Indiantown Gap, PA