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gapful

adj, noun — 2 senses

gapful

adj

Etymology From gap + -ful.

1

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Having gaps; not gapless.

  • In the non-relativistic limit, the both types of accompanied gapful modes become infinitely massive, disappearing from the spectrum.045028 (2015), Michikazu Kobayashi, Muneto Nitta, “Interpolating relativistic and non-relativistic Nambu-Goldstone and Higgs modes”, in Phys. Rev. D, volume 045028:

gapful

noun

Etymology From gap + -ful.

1

A quantity that fills a gap.

  • The spirit of a robust carnival gathering at a threshing could swoop inpulsively to serious horse-play: half a gapful of stones in a sack of oats to be carried to a loft or butting a heavy forkful of straw to " bring a man down off the ladder ".1983, Michael J. Murphy, Ulster Folk of Field and Fireside, page 107:
  • The structural features of deposits, such as loosened, broken gapfuls between large boulders or segments of isolated rock masses.1985, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Erosion, Debris Flow and Disaster Prevention, page 324:

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