gap

Definitions

• 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.
• (Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
• (baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
• (Australia) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
• (AU) (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
• (genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.