"gapful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: gap + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gap|ful|pos=adjective}} gap + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} gapful (not comparable)
  1. (physics) Having gaps; not gapless. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-gapful-en-adj-x4fZ68rA Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 79 21 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: gapfuls [plural]
Etymology: gap + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gap|ful|pos=noun}} gap + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun}} gapful (plural gapfuls)
  1. A quantity that fills a gap.
    Sense id: en-gapful-en-noun-sMpvf0w0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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