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hi·a·tus
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Audio Help [hahy-ey-tuh
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| 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; < L hiātus opening, gap, equiv. to hiā(re) to gape, open + -tus suffix of v. action
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hi·a·tal, adjective
—Synonyms 3. break, interval, space.
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hiatus
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| hi·a·tus
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n. pl. hi·a·tus·es or hiatus
[Latin hiātus, from past participle of hiāre, to gape.] hi·a'tal (-āt'l) adj. |
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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.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| hiatus | |
noun | |
| 1. | an interruption in the intensity or amount of something [syn: suspension] |
| 2. | a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript) |
| 3. | a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure [syn: foramen] |
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hi·a·tus (h
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t
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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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Main Entry: hi·a·tus
Pronunciation: hI-'At-&s
Function: noun
: a gap or passage through an anatomical part or organ; especially
: a gap through which another part or organ passes
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Hiatus
Hi*a"tion\, n. [See Hiatus.] Act of gaping. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Hiatus
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Hiatus
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Hiatus
Yawn\ (y[add]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Yawning.] [OE. yanien, [yogh]anien, ganien, gonien, AS. g[=a]nian; akin to ginian to yawn, g[=i]nan to yawn, open wide, G. g["a]hnen to yawn, OHG. gin[=e]n, gein[=o]n, Icel. g[=i]na to yawn, gin the mouth, OSlav. zijati to yawn, L. hiare to gape, yawn; and perhaps to E. begin, cf. Gr. cheia` a hole. [root]47b. Cf. Begin, Gin to begin, Hiatus.]1. To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate. "The lazy, yawning drone." --Shak. And while above he spends his breath, The yawning audience nod beneath. --Trumbull. 2. To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything. 't is now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn. --Shak. 3. To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment. --Shak. 4. To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings. "One long, yawning gaze." --Landor.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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