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Gap (gäp), city (1990 pop. 35,647), capital of Hautes-Alpes dept., SE France, on the Luye River at the foot of the Dauphiné Alps. A center for tourism, Gap is an agricultural market that manufactures clothing, wood products, and construction materials. Founded by Augustus c.14 B.C., it was the capital of medieval Gapençais, which was annexed to the crown of France in 1512. The city was devastated during the Wars of Religion (16th cent.). gap(1) The space between blocks of data on magnetic tape. gap 1. a break in a line of hills or mountains affording a route through 2. Chiefly US a gorge or ravine 3. Electronics a. a break in a magnetic circuit that increases the inductance and saturation point of the circuit b. See spark gap
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At last there was a still more violent earthquake, and a huge gap appeared in the side of the Mountains. The Sergeant stood with his face set towards a gap in the trees, commanding a view of one of the windings of the drive which led from the house. Between the mother, with her fast-perishing lumber of superstitions, folk-lore, dialect, and orally transmitted ballads, and the daughter, with her trained National teachings and Standard knowledge under an infinitely Revised Code, there was a gap of two hundred years as ordinarily understood. |
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