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Gapping
Meaning
Verb
●
present participle
and
gerund
of gap
Noun
●
In Linguistics:
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."
●
In Anatomy:
The
formation
of a gap.
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