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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Hiatus

/hī-āt'-əs/ · Hi·a·tus · IPA /haɪˈeɪtəs/
01 n. 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 wan…
pl. Hiatus, Hiatuses ((#))
  1. 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. 2.
    The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables.(Gram.)