time gap
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A time interval between two related events.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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;"
- "each timer means including means for measuring the actual time gap between successive vehicles passing a selected position in each of the multiple traffic lanes of a "go" street, means for establishing an allowable time gap for such vehicular movement."
- "there was a short time gap between the formation of the Ore Sequence host rocks and the actual deposition of the sulphides."