hiatus plural

hi·a·tus

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Definitions

noun plural hiatus a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc. 1
noun plural hiatus a missing part; gap or lacuna: Scholars attempted to account for the hiatus in the medieval manuscript. 1
noun plural hiatus any gap or opening. 1
noun plural hiatus Grammar, Prosody. the coming together, with or without break or slight pause, and without contraction, of two vowels in successive words or syllables, as in see easily. 1
noun plural hiatus Anatomy. a natural fissure, cleft, or foramen in a bone or other structure. 1

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