hiatus
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təs noun, plural hi·a·tus·es, hi·a·tus.
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.
Origin:
1555–65; < Latin hiātus opening, gap, equivalent to hiā(re) to gape, open + -tus suffix of v. action
1555–65; < Latin hiātus opening, gap, equivalent to hiā(re) to gape, open + -tus suffix of v. action
Related forms
hi·a·tal, adjective
Synonyms
3. break, interval, space.
3. break, interval, space.
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World English Dictionary
hiatus (haɪˈeɪtəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -tuses, -tus | |
| 1. | (esp in manuscripts) a break or gap where something is missing |
| 2. | a break or interruption in continuity |
| 3. | a break between adjacent vowels in the pronunciation of a word |
| 4. | anatomy a natural opening or aperture; foramen |
| 5. | anatomy a less common word for vulva |
| [C16: from Latin: gap, cleft, aperture, from hiāre to gape, yawn] | |
| hi'atal | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
hiatus
1563, "break or opening in a material object," from L. hiatus "opening, rupture, gap," from hiare "to gape, stand open." Sense of "gap or interruption in events, etc." is first recorded 1613.
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Medical Dictionary
hiatus hi·a·tus (hī-ā'təs)
n. pl. hiatus or hi·a·tus·es
An aperture or fissure in an organ or a body part.
A foramen.
hi·a'tal adj.
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hiatus
in prosody, a break in sound between two vowels that occur together without an intervening consonant, both vowels being clearly enunciated. The two vowels may be either within one word, as in the words Vienna and naive, or the final and initial vowels of two successive words, as in the phrases "see it" and "go in." Hiatus is the opposite of elision, the dropping or blurring of the second vowel; it is also distinct from diphthongization, in which the vowels blend to form one sound
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