Definitions for hiatushaɪˈeɪ təs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
hi•a•tushaɪˈeɪ təs(n.)(pl.)-tus•es, -tus.
a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
a missing part; gap or lacuna.
any gap or opening.
the coming together, with or without a break or slight pause, of two adjacent vowels in different syllables, as in
see easily.
Category: Grammar, Prosody
a natural fissure, cleft, or foramen in a bone or other structure.
Category: Anatomy
Origin of hiatus:
1555–65; < L hiātus opening, gap =hiā(re) to gape, open +-tus suffix of v. action
Princeton's WordNet
suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement(noun)
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
hiatus(noun)
a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
foramen, hiatus(noun)
a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
Wiktionary
hiatus(Noun)
A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
hiatus(Noun)
A gap in geological strata.
hiatus(Noun)
An opening in an organ.
Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.
hiatus(Noun)
An interruption, break or pause.
hiatus(Noun)
A vacation, break from work.
The band took a hiatus for three months.
Origin: From hiatus, from hio.
Webster Dictionary
Hiatus
of Hiatus
Hiatus(noun)
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
Hiatus(noun)
the concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables
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