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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

  1. noun A gap or interruption in something that would otherwise be continuous.
  2. noun A gap or opening, used in technical contexts such as anatomy or geology.

hole — full definition

  1. noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
  2. noun A flaw, weakness, or gap in an argument, plan, or system.
  3. 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.

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