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hiatus
/haɪˈeɪtəs/
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What does hiatus mean?
noun
- A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
- An interruption, break, pause or absence.
- An temporary break from work, especially one which is unexpected.
More meanings (3)
noun
- A gap in geological strata.
- An opening in an organ.
- A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant.
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IPA pronunciation
/haɪˈeɪtəs/
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This crevice, the hiatus of a gulf of mire, was called a fontis, in the special tongue.
If, however, the observer finds an inexplicable hiatus in an event he happens to notice, he finds it strange because unintelligible.
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She filled up the hiatus his silence left by a reply of her own.
I am very glad to hear what progress Bunbury is making in fossil Botany; there is a fine hiatus for him to fill up in this country.
A wide gap or hiatus appears between the first and second rings; and, under a thin membrane, the base of the ovipositor bulges out, bent back into a stout hook.