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промежу́ток — meaning in English

promezhutok

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English meaning

  • gap noun An empty space or opening between two things, or a break in something continuous.
  • headway noun Progress made toward completing something.
  • interval noun A gap or space between two points, whether in time, distance, or a sequence.
  • period noun A stretch of time, or a particular era seen as a distinct whole.
  • space noun The vast expanse beyond Earth's atmosphere where stars, planets, and other celestial bodies exist.
  • stretch verb To pull or extend something so it becomes longer or tighter.

Senses

промежу́ток is used for these senses in English:

  • gap An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
  • gap An opening allowing passage or entrance.
  • headway (countable, transport) The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in succession in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route.
  • interstice A small opening or space between objects, especially adjacent objects or objects set closely together, such as between cords in a rope, components of a multiconductor electrical cable or atoms in a crystal.
  • interstice An interval of time required by the Roman Catholic Church between the attainment of different degrees of an order.
  • interval A distance in space.
  • interval A period of time.
  • period The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet. [from 17th c.]

gap — full definition

  1. noun An empty space or opening between two things, or a break in something continuous.
  2. noun A difference or shortfall between two things, especially an unfair or worrying one.
  3. verb To leave open or unfilled, creating a gap; also, to stare open-mouthed.

headway — full definition

  1. noun Progress made toward completing something.
  2. noun The time or distance gap between vehicles, such as buses or trains, running the same route.

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