| Pronunciation: | | hI'eytus
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| Matching Terms: | | hiatus hernia
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | abatement, foramen, reprieve, respite, suspension |
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| | See Also: | | break, defervescence, foramen magnum, foramen of Monro, gap, interruption, interventricular foramen, Monro's foramen, opening, piece, remission, remittal, subsidence |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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