crevasse vs glob

crevasse

noun
  • A discontinuity or “gap” between the accounted variables and an observed outcome. 

  • A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm. 

  • A breach in a canal or river bank. 

  • Any cleft or fissure. 

verb
  • To fissure with crevasses. 

  • To form crevasses. 

glob

verb
  • To carry out pattern matching using a glob. 

  • To stick in globs or lumps. 

noun
  • A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression. 

  • A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway. 

  • A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance. 

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