hiatus
n. pl. hiatuses or hiatus
- A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break: We are likely to be disconcerted by... hiatuses ofthought (Edmund Wilson).
- Linguistics. A slight pause that occurs when two immediately adjacent vowels in consecutive syllables are pronounced, as in reality and naive.
- Anatomy. A separation, aperture, fissure, or short passage in an organ or body part.
