hiatus
/haɪˈeɪtəs/
Misollar
- Greek and Latin poetry avoid hiatus.
- Hiatus is avoided in Greek and Latin poetry.
- Some languages add a semivowel at a hiatus.
- Tom's band is on an indefinite hiatus.
- After a brief hiatus, he resumed his position at the institute.
- Hiatus is when one vowel follows another vowel without creating a diphthong.
ot noun
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An opening in an organ.
Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.
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A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.
- A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
- An interruption, break or pause.
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