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time gap

time gap noun: a time interval between two related events.

Noun

time gap (plural time gaps)

  1. A time interval between two related events.
    • At the instant of any event, which it is desired to record, the circuit is broken by hand or otherwise, and a gap made in the line whose position between the two nearest time-gaps gives the time of the event.1880, James Edward Henry Gordon, A Physical Treatise on Eletricity and Magnetism, Volume 2, page 138
    • The only breaches that can well be conceived to occur within the limits of a single mind would either be interruptions, time-gaps during which the consciousness went out altogether to come into existence again at a later moment;1890, William James, The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1, page 237

Forms of time gap

pluraltime gaps

Questions about time gap

What does time gap mean?
Time gap means a time interval between two related events.
What part of speech is time gap?
Time gap is a noun.
What is the plural of time gap?
The plural of time gap is time gaps.

Words near time gap in the dictionary

  1. time front
  2. time fuse
  3. time fuses
  4. time fuze
  5. time fuzes
  6. time gap
  7. time gaps
  8. time globe
  9. time globes
  10. time grapher
  11. time graphers

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