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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hiatus \Hi*a"tus\, n.; pl L. {Hiatus}, E. {Hiatuses}. [L., fr
hiare, hiatum, to gape; akin to E. yawn. See {Yawn}.]
1. An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in
a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space
where something is wanting; a break.
2. (Gram.) The concurrence of two vowels in two successive
words or syllables. --Pope.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hiatus
n : an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
[syn: {suspension}, {respite}, {reprieve}, {abatement}]
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