Definition of hiatus Hiatus

/hajejˈtʌs/ - [hayeytus] - hi•a•tus

We found 21 definitions of hiatus from 6 different sources.

What does hiatus mean?

Noun Plural: hiatuses
hiatus - a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
hiatus - an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
		suspension, respite, reprieve, abatement
		interruption, break some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
		defervescence abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature
hiatus - a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
		foramen
		gap, opening a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack"
		foramen of monro, interventricular foramen, monro's foramen the small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere

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hiatus (Noun)
A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
hiatus (Noun)
An interruption, break or pause.
hiatus (Noun)
A vacation, break from work.
hiatus (Noun)
A gap in geological strata.
hiatus (Noun)
An opening in an organ.
hiatus (Noun)
A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant.
hiatus (Noun)
The condition of having such a break.
hiatus (Noun)
Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.

hiatus (pl. )
of Hiatus
hiatus (n.)
An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break.
hiatus (n.)
The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables.

hiatus
A missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript).
hiatus
A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure.
hiatus
An interruption in the intensity or amount of something.
hiatus
A gap in geological strata.
hiatus
The liaison of two vowels at the end of the one and the beginning of the following word or syllable.

hiatus
hī-ā′tus, n. a gap: an opening: a chasm: a break in continuity, a defect: (gram.) a concurrence of vowel sounds in two successive syllables. [L.,—hiāre, hiātum, to gape.]