gapping
A type of ellipsis that occurs in the non-initial conjuncts of coordinate structures, and usually elides minimally a finite verb and further any non-finite verbs that are present. Example: "Some ate bread, and others rice."
Noun
- A type of ellipsis that occurs in the non-initial conjuncts of coordinate structures, and usually elides minimally a finite verb and further any non-finite verbs that are present. Example: "Some ate bread, and others rice."
- The formation of a gap.
- The suture must be firm enough to prevent gapping when the elasticity of the elastic layer has been in play for some time. - 1919, Studies from the Dept. of Anatomy, volume 7, page 505:
- This test should then be repeated at 30° of knee flexion. The degree of injury can be graded based upon the amount of gapping felt as the joint opens under stress. - 2012, Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Joan Carles Monllau,...
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- present participle and gerund of gap