lacuna — meaning in English

English meaning

• blank adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
• 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.

Senses

lacuna is used for these senses in English:

• blank An empty space; a void, for example on a paper [since the 16th century].
• blank A space to be filled in on a form or template.
• 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.

blank — full definition

1. adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
2. adj Showing no expression, understanding, or emotion.
3. noun A cartridge loaded with gunpowder but no bullet, used for training or effects rather than firing a projectile.
4. verb To go suddenly unable to remember something.
5. verb To deliberately ignore someone.

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.

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