Meaning of hiatus in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A gap in a series, making it incomplete.

• An interruption, break or pause.

• An unexpected break from work.

• A gap in geological strata.

• An opening in an organ.

  Example: Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.

• A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)

  Example: Words like reality and naïve contain vowels in hiatus.