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Definitions for Hiatus
[1] a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
[2] a missing part; gap or lacuna: Scholars attempted to account for the hiatus in the medieval manuscript.
[3] any gap or opening.
[4] 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.
[5] Anatomy . a natural fissure, cleft, or foramen in a bone or other structure.
[6] (esp in manuscripts) a break or gap where something is missing
[7] a break or interruption in continuity
[8] a break between adjacent vowels in the pronunciation of a word
[9] anatomy a natural opening or aperture; foramen
[10] anatomy a less common word for vulva
Words related to Hiatus
lapse, interval, rift, discontinuity, chasm, lacuna, opening, space, gap, break, interim, blank, aperture, breach
Words nearby Hiatus
hi-hat, hi-res, hi-tech, hialeah, hiatal hernia, hiatus, hiatus esophageus, hiatus hernia, hiatus saphenus, hiatus semilunaris, hiawatha
Origin of Hiatus
1555–65; < Latin hiātus opening, gap, equivalent to hiā(re ) to gape, open + -tus suffix of v. action
Other words from Hiatus
hi·a·tal , adjective
hi•a′ tal adj.
Word origin for Hiatus
C16: from Latin: gap, cleft, aperture, from hiāre to gape, yawn
Synonyms for Hiatus
interval, lapse, aperture, blank, breach, break, chasm, discontinuity, gap, interim, lacuna, opening, rift, space