lacuna — meaning in English
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English meaning
- hiatus noun A gap or interruption in something that would otherwise be continuous.
- hole noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
- shortcoming noun A fault or weakness in someone or something that stops them being as good as they should be.
Senses
lacuna is used for these senses in English:
- hiatus A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
- hole (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- shortcoming A deficiency or falling short; failure to attain a goal or ideal.
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.
hole — full definition
- noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
- noun A flaw, weakness, or gap in an argument, plan, or system.
- noun In golf, one of the numbered targets a player aims the ball into, or a full round segment of the course leading to it.