hiatus — meaning in English
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English meaning
- hiatus noun A gap or interruption in something that would otherwise be continuous.
Senses
hiatus is used for these senses in English:
- diaeresis A separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong, that is, beginning with one sound and ending with another) into two distinct syllables; distraction.
- hiatus (anatomy) An opening in an organ.
- hiatus (prosody, phonetics, sometimes, uncountable) A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant.
hiatus — full definition
- noun A gap or interruption in something that would otherwise be continuous.
- noun A gap or opening, used in technical contexts such as anatomy or geology.