gapful

English

Etymology 1

gap +‎ -ful

Adjective

gapful (not comparable)

  1. (physics) Having gaps; not gapless.
    • 045028 (2015), Michikazu Kobayashi, Muneto Nitta, “Interpolating relativistic and non-relativistic Nambu-Goldstone and Higgs modes”, in Phys. Rev. D‎, volume 045028:
      In the non-relativistic limit, the both types of accompanied gapful modes become infinitely massive, disappearing from the spectrum.

Etymology 2

gap +‎ -ful

Noun

gapful (plural gapfuls)

  1. A quantity that fills a gap.
    • 1983, Michael J. Murphy, Ulster Folk of Field and Fireside, page 107:
      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 ".
    • 1985, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Erosion, Debris Flow and Disaster Prevention, page 324:
      The structural features of deposits, such as loosened, broken gapfuls between large boulders or segments of isolated rock masses.

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