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fill-in

noun

Meaning

  1. A temporary replacement for another, especially at a job.
  2. A substitution.
  3. An intermediate result that must be stored temporarily during the course of a sparse matrix computation.
  4. A question or puzzle in which one is expected to fill in a missing part of something.
  5. A musical embellishment (usually percussion) that is added to connect musical phrases.
  6. Something added to fill a gap.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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