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1. (n.) hiatus
a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
2. hiatus
a missing part; gap or lacuna.
3. hiatus
any gap or opening.
4. hiatus
the coming together, with or without a break or slight pause, of two adjacent vowels in different syllables, as in
see easily.
5. hiatus
a natural fissure, cleft, or foramen in a bone or other structure.
Etymology: (1555–65; < L hiātus opening, gap =hiā(re) to gape, open +-tus suffix of v. action)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
2. (noun) hiatus
a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
3. (noun) foramen, hiatus
a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Hiatus
an opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break
2. (noun) Hiatus
the concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables
3. Hiatus
of Hiatus
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