ALL meanings of lacuna
la·cu·na
L l - noun plural lacuna a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus. 1
- noun plural lacuna Anatomy. one of the numerous minute cavities in the substance of bone, supposed to contain nucleate cells. 1
- noun plural lacuna Botany. an air space in the cellular tissue of plants. 1
- noun lacuna An unfilled space or interval; a gap. 1
- noun lacuna gap 1
- noun lacuna bone perforations 1
- noun lacuna A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus. 0
- noun lacuna An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar such. 0
- noun lacuna (microscopy) A space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light. 0
- noun lacuna (linguistics) A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language. 0
- countable noun lacuna If you say that there is a lacuna in something such as a document or a person's argument, you mean that it does not deal with an important issue and is therefore not effective or convincing. 0
- noun lacuna a gap or space, esp in a book or manuscript 0
- noun lacuna a cavity or depression, such as any of the spaces in the matrix of bone 0
- noun lacuna a space where something has been omitted or has come out; gap; hiatus; esp., a missing portion in a manuscript, text, etc. 0
- noun lacuna a space, cavity, or depression; specif., any of the very small cavities in bone that are filled with bone cells 0