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