hiatuses

/HH AY0 EY1 T AH0 S IH0 Z/

noun

1
A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
2
An interruption, break or pause.
3
An unexpected break from work.
4
A gap in geological strata.
5
An opening in an organ.
“Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.”
6
A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
“Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.”

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