Associations to the word «Hiatus»

Wiktionary

HIATUS, noun. A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
HIATUS, noun. An interruption, break or pause.
HIATUS, noun. An unexpected break from work.
HIATUS, noun. (geology) A gap in geological strata.
HIATUS, noun. (anatomy) An opening in an organ.
HIATUS, noun. (linguistics)
HIATUS, noun. A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)
HIATUS, noun. The condition of having such a break.

Dictionary definition

HIATUS, noun. An interruption in the intensity or amount of something.
HIATUS, noun. A missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript).
HIATUS, noun. A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats