HIATUS


Meaning of HIATUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hī-ˈā-təs ]

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

2.

a. : an interruption in time or continuity : break ; especially : a period when something (as a program or activity) is suspended or interrupted

after a 5-year hiatus from writing

b. : the occurrence of two vowel sounds without pause or intervening consonantal sound

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.