For instance, many structural engineers rely on laboratory work, and engineering tests that they hire others to perform. These additional fees can drive the cost of any project up, but even more importantly, they can derail a program that was originally on schedule.
Word forms: plural gaps. 1. countable noun. A gap is a space between two things or a hole in the middle of something solid. He pulled the thick curtains together, leaving just a narrow gap. ...the wind tearing through gaps in the window frames.
1. any process whereby sounds are left out of spoken words or phrases. 2. (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome. 3. the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage. 4. the act of deleting something written or printed.