gapping
Eliding repeated verbs
Gapping is a grammatical construction where repeated words are omitted from parallel clauses: John ordered coffee and Mary tea (omitting "ordered").
The term also applies to spark plug maintenance—adjusting the gap between electrodes to the correct distance.
In casual use, gapping can mean leaving gaps or spacing things out: I've been gapping my doses to make the prescription last.
Organized cooperative movement
- ellipsisMark indicating omitted words
- conjunctionWord joining clauses together
- clauseProvision in agreement
- parallelismMatching structural elements
antecedent · deletion · remnant · correlate · stranding · sluicing · fragment · across-the-board
State of not being
- lacunaAbsent piece in sequence
- ellipsisMark indicating omitted words
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- unstatedNot openly expressed
incompleteness · void · unfilled · unspoken · implied · skipped · blank · unmentioned
coordination
Organized cooperative movement
- ellipsisMark indicating omitted words
- conjunctionWord joining clauses together
- clauseProvision in agreement
parallelism · antecedent · deletion · remnant · correlate · stranding · sluicing · fragment · across-the-board · Ross
absence
State of not being
- lacunaAbsent piece in sequence
- ellipsisMark indicating omitted words
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
unstated · incompleteness · void · unfilled · unspoken · implied · skipped · blank · unmentioned
welding
Heat-fusing metal pieces
spacing · tolerance · fit-up · bevel · alignment · assembly · sheet-metal · machining · cutting · plasma
mast
Vessel's sail support
clearance · mainsail · jib · airflow · leech · luff · telltale
gappingredundancy
Needless duplication
repetition · elaboration · spelling out · explication · pleonasm
gap, gaps, agape, gapped, gapper, gapless, gap-toothed, gappers