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GAP
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Traducere în limba română
gap s.
1. deschidere, deschizătură; breşă, spărtură, crăpătură.
2. interval, spaţiu gol, vid, lacună; (tehn.) rost, luft, ecartament;
to close / to reduce the gap (between) a micşora diferenţa / deosebirea (dintre); a apropia (puncte de vedere diferite, poziţii adverse etc.);
to bridge the gap (between) a arunca o punte de legătură (între), a aplana / concilia (diferende etc.) (dintre);
stop the gap / to fill up the gap a completa golul, a umple lacuna;
3. deosebire profundă, divergenţă.
4. (amer.) trecătoare, defileu.
5. (mil.) breşă (în linia frontului).
6. (gram.) hiat.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
“Watson, the gaps are closing rapidly.”
(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
To foster multidisciplinary research on cellular and molecular imaging, NCI has established In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Centers.These centers will narrow the gap between the discovery of new cancer genes and intracellular pathways, and the translation of these discoveries into clinically useful, minimally invasive imaging approaches to expanding our understanding of cancer.
(In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Centers, NCI Thesaurus)
An emission spectrometer that generates a high-energy spark across an argon-filled gap between an electrode and a solid sample, causing emission of radiation from the excited sample surface and resulting in wavelengths characteristic of the elemental composition.
(Optical Emission Spectrometer, NCI Thesaurus)
As NASA's Cassini spacecraft prepares to shoot the narrow gap between Saturn and its rings for the second time in its Grand Finale, Cassini engineers are delighted, while ring scientists are puzzled, that the region appears to be relatively dust-free.
(Cassini Finds 'The Big Empty' Close to Saturn, NASA)
Our scent runs cold here, and there is a vast gap between either hypothesis and the laying of West’s body, with seven papers in his pocket, on the roof of a Metropolitan train.
(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)