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hi·a·tus

(hī-ā′təs)

n. pl. hi·a·tus·es or hiatus

1. A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break: "We are likely to be disconcerted by ... hiatuses of thought" (Edmund Wilson).

2. Linguistics A slight pause that occurs when two immediately adjacent vowels in consecutive syllables are pronounced, as in reality and naive.

3. Anatomy A separation, aperture, fissure, or short passage in an organ or body part.

[Latin hiātus, from past participle of hiāre, to gape.]

hi·a′tal (-āt′l) adj.

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hi•a•tal

(haɪˈeɪ tl)
adj.

of, pertaining to, or involving a hiatus.

[1905–10]

Translations

hiatal

adj hiatal, de hiato

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