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Gap creationism
Gap creationism, or the gap theory, is a biblical interpretation placing millions of years between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, reconciling an ancient Earth with a literal six-day creation.
Gap filler
A gap filler, also called an on-channel repeater, is a low-power broadcasting device that retransmits radio or TV signals on the same frequency into shadowed areas.
Gap Inc.
Gap Inc. (The Gap, Inc.), San Francisco apparel retailer founded 1969 by Don and Doris Fisher; NYSE: GAP. Operates Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta; 2,474 company-operated stores; CEO Richard Dickson since 2023.
GAP insurance
GAP insurance, or guaranteed asset protection, is auto coverage that pays the gap between a vehicle's loan or lease balance and its insurer's total-loss settlement.
Gap junction
A gap junction, also known as a communicating junction or macula communicans, is a cluster of intercellular channels that lets ions and small molecules pass between cells.
Gap junction alpha-5 protein (Cx40)
Gap junction alpha-5 protein (connexin 40, Cx40), encoded by GJA5 on chromosome 1q21.2, is a connexin gap junction protein expressed in atrial myocardium, the cardiac conduction system, and vascular endothelium; mutations link to atrial fibrillation and heart block.
Gap junction assembly
Gap junction assembly: the cellular process building intercellular connexin channels, from ER synthesis and hexameric connexon oligomerization through Golgi and microtubule trafficking to head-on docking and plaque formation (Reactome R-HSA-190861).
Gap junction beta-1 protein (Cx32)
Gap junction beta-1 protein, connexin 32 (Cx32, GJB1), is a four-transmembrane connexin forming gap junction and hemichannel channels in Schwann cell myelin; GJB1 mutations cause X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease CMT1X.
Gap plasmon metasurfaces
Gap plasmon metasurfaces, also called gap-surface plasmon metasurfaces or GSPMs, are reflective planar optical devices in which metallic resonators on a thin dielectric spacer above a metal mirror shape reflected light.
Gap test (randomness testing)
The gap test is a chi-square goodness-of-fit test checking whether spacings between recurrences of a chosen value in a random number sequence follow the expected geometric distribution.
GAP The series (ทฤษฎีสีชมพู)
GAP The series (ทฤษฎีสีชมพู, Pink Theory) is a 2022 Thai Girls' Love drama by Idol Factory, the first GL series on Thai national TV, airing 12 episodes on Channel 3 and YouTube from 19 November 2022, starring FreenBecky and surpassing 900 million YouTube views.
GAP trial
GAP trial (NCT02602600), liraglutide in women with angina and coronary microvascular dysfunction; open-label study of 33 non-diabetic overweight women at Bispebjerg Hospital; CFVR unchanged, only physical limitation score improved.
Gap year
Gap year: a break from formal education, usually an academic year taken around age 18 before university; a British invention with Grand Tour roots, structured programs costing $390 to $36,000, and mixed matched-study academic outcomes.
Gap-dong (갑동이)
Gap-dong (갑동이, Gapdongi) is a 2014 tvN Korean thriller drama, 20 episodes, directed by Jo Soo-won, starring Yoon Sang-hyun and Sung Dong-il, inspired by the Hwaseong serial murders and the statute of limitations.
GAPA trial
GAPA trial (NCT06238232, GAPA study): a Chinese multicenter randomized trial led by Qifu Li comparing 68Ga-Pentixafor CXCR4 PET/CT with adrenal vein sampling for treating primary aldosteronism patients with adrenal nodules of 1 cm or larger.
GAPDH
GAPDH (glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, gene at 12p13.31) is a conserved glycolytic enzyme and moonlighting protein, long used as a qPCR reference gene despite documented expression variability.
GAPENA
GAPENA (Gabungan Persatuan Penulis Nasional Malaysia), the Federation of National Writers Associations of Malaysia, is a Malay-language federation of writers' associations founded in Kuala Lumpur in 1970.
Gaple
Gaple (gapleh) is Indonesia's popular block dominoes game, played by 4-5 people with a 28-tile double-six set; stuck players discard dead tiles whose pips count against them, and the lowest pip total wins.
GapMinder Ventures
GapMinder Ventures is a Bucharest-based venture capital firm investing in Romanian and Eastern European technology startups, running a €50 million fund from 2018 and an €80 million fund launched in 2024.
GAPO syndrome
GAPO syndrome (growth retardation, alopecia, pseudoanodontia, optic atrophy) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by biallelic ANTXR1 variants, first described in 1947, with extracellular matrix accumulation and reduced lifespan.
GAPS (experiment)
GAPS (General Antiparticle Spectrometer) is a NASA-sponsored Antarctic long-duration balloon experiment detecting low-energy antiprotons, antideuterons, and antihelium as signatures of dark matter; its first science flight flew 25 days in December 2025–January 2026.
Gapsa Sahwa
The Gapsa Sahwa (갑자사화, 甲子士禍), or Literati Purge of the gapja year, was a 1504 purge by King Yeonsangun of Joseon that harmed 239 people, executing 122, and led to his deposition in 1506.
Gapsin Coup
The Gapsin Coup (갑신정변) was a three-day coup launched on 4 December 1884 by Korea's Enlightenment Party reformers, crushed by Qing troops on 6 December.
Gapsin Reform Government
The Gapsin Reform Government was the short-lived administration proclaimed in Joseon Korea on 4 December 1884 by Kim Ok-gyun's Enlightenment Party, which held power for three days.
Gapsin reform program
The Gapsin reform program (갑신혁신정강) was a fourteen-article proclamation issued by Kim Okgyun's Enlightenment Party during the Gapsin Coup of December 1884, seeking independence from Qing China and domestic reform.
Gapsul Hwan-guk
Gapsul Hwan-guk (갑술환국), also called Gapsul Oksa, was the 1694 political turnover in Joseon Korea in which the Namin faction was ousted and the Soron and Noron returned to power.
Gar
Gar, family Lepisosteidae: seven predatory freshwater species in genera Atractosteus and Lepisosteus, armored in ganoid scales, air-breathing via vascularized swim bladder; alligator gar reaches 10 ft, 350 lbs and is vulnerable from habitat loss.
GAR domain
GAR domain: two distinct protein features, the ~57-aa Gas2-related microtubule-binding domain of plakin/GAS2 cytolinker proteins (PROSITE PS51460) and the glycine-arginine-rich motif of nucleolar RNA-binding proteins like fibrillarin and GAR1.
Gara Muleta
Gara Muleta (Gaara Muldhataa, Gara Mullata) is a flat-summit mountain in East Hararghe, Oromia, Ethiopia, about 3,405 m high, source of Ramis, Mojo, and Gobele rivers and site of Gara Muleta Forest.
Garabed Eknoyan
Garabed Eknoyan, born 1935 in Aleppo, Syria, is an Armenian-born American nephrologist at Baylor College of Medicine, known for the 2002 HEMO dialysis trial and co-chairing the first US dialysis guidelines.