The process of developing distinct components.
The process of separation of cooling magma into various rock types.
The process of applying the derivative operator to a function; of calculating a function's derivative.
The evolutionary process by which one taxonomic group (species, genus, variety, etc.) becomes distinct from another, or acquires distinct features; the result of such a process: distinctness.
The process by which the components of multicellular life (cells, organs, etc.) are produced and acquire function, as when a seed develops the root and stem, and the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds.
The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.
An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
An opening allowing passage or entrance.
An opening that implies a breach or defect.
(usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
The regions between the outfielders.
A vacant space or time.
A mountain or hill pass.
A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
To leave suddenly.
To notch, as a sword or knife.
To check the size of a gap.
To make an opening in; to breach.