About The Word Hiatus
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Hiatus
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What's The Definition Of Hiatus?
[n] a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
[n] a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript) [n] an interruption in the intensity or amount of something Synonyms | Synonyms for Hiatus: abatement | foramen | reprieve | respite | suspension Related Terms | Find terms related to Hiatus: aperture | arrearage | breach | break | broaching | caesura | cavity | cessation | chasm | check | clearance | clearing | cleft | crack | defalcation | defect | deficiency | deficit | disclosure | discontinuity | distance between | double space | em space | en space | fenestra | fissure | fistula | fontanel | foramen | freeboard | gap | gape | gat | gulf | hair space | half space | hole | hollow | inlet | interim | intermediate space | intermission | interruption | interspace | interstice | interval | jump | lack | lacuna | laying open | leak | leap | leeway | letup | lull | margin | missing link | need | omission | opening | opening up | orifice | outage | outlet | passageway | pause | pore | room | shortage | single space | slot | space | space between | split | stoma | suspension | throwing open | time interval | ullage | uncorking | unstopping | want | wantage | yawn See Also | break | defervescence | foramen magnum | foramen of Monro | gap | interruption | interventricular foramen | Monro's foramen | opening | piece | remission | remittal | subsidence Hiatus In Webster's Dictionary \Hi*a"tus\, n.; pl. L. {Hiatus}, E. {Hiatuses}. [L., fr.
hiare, hiatum, to gape; akin to E. yawn. See {Yawn}.]
1. 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. (Gram.) The concurrence of two vowels in two successive
words or syllables. --Pope.
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