gapful
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gapful (not comparable)
- (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[1], volume 045028:
- In the non-relativistic limit, the both types of accompanied gapful modes become infinitely massive, disappearing from the spectrum.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]gapful (plural gapfuls)
- 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.