hiatus
21Hiatus — Lücke; Zwischenzeit; Vokalzusammenstoß; Hiat * * * Hi|a|tus 〈m.; , 〉 = Hiat * * * Hi|at, der; s, e, Hi|a|tus, der; , […tu:s] [lat. hiatus, eigtl. = Kluft]: 1. (Med.) Öffnung, Spalt im Muskel …
22hiatus — hi|a|tus [haıˈeıtəs] n [C usually singular] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: hiare to yawn ] 1.) formal a break or ↑interruption in an activity ▪ Talks between the two countries have resumed after a six year hiatus. hiatus in ▪ a hiatus in… …
23hiatus — hiatal, adj. /huy ay teuhs/, n., pl. hiatuses, hiatus. 1. a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc. 2. a missing part; gap or lacuna: Scholars attempted to account for the hiatus in the medieval manuscript. 3. any… …
24HIATUS — s. m. (On prononce l S.) T. emprunté du latin. Sorte de bâillement produit par la rencontre, par la succession immédiate de deux voyelles. Il désigne particulièrement La rencontre, sans élision, de deux voyelles dont l une finit un mot, et dont l …
25HIATUS — n. m. Terme emprunté du latin. Ouverture de la bouche produite par la rencontre, par la succession immédiate de deux voyelles sonores. Il désigne particulièrement la Rencontre de deux voyelles dont l’une finit un mot et dont l’autre commence le… …
26Hiatus — An opening, as in the diaphragm. When there is an unusually wide opening in the diaphragm, there can be a hiatus (or hiatal) hernia. In Latin an hiatus is an opening, gaping mouth, or chasm. It is derived from the verb hiare meaning to gape or… …
27hiatus — [[t]haɪe͟ɪtəs[/t]] N SING: usu with supp, oft N in/of n A hiatus is a pause in which nothing happens, or a gap where something is missing. [FORMAL] Diplomatic efforts to reach a settlement resume today after a two week hiatus... There was an… …
28hiatus — noun Etymology: Latin, from hiare to yawn more at yawn Date: 1563 1. a. a break in or as if in a material object ; gap < the hiatus between the theory and the practice of the party J. G. Colton > b. a gap or passage in an anatomical part or organ …
29hiatus — UK [haɪˈeɪtəs] / US noun [countable] Word forms hiatus : singular hiatus plural hiatuses 1) formal a period of time when something does not happen 2) linguistics a pause between two vowel sounds that come one after the other, for example in the… …
30hiatus — /haɪˈeɪtəs / (say huy aytuhs) noun (plural hiatuses or hiatus) 1. a break, with a part missing; an interruption; lacuna: a hiatus in a manuscript. 2. a gap or opening. 3. Phonetics, Prosody a break or slight pause due to the coming together… …
