Bank Roll
Posts : 15 Rep : 0 Join date : 2011-04-10 Age : 31 Location : Detroit, MI
| Subject: Word Meanings By: Bank Roll Sat Apr 16, 2011 11:59 am | |
| Umm so I hope i'm not the only one know is wondering, what does the word " Hiatus" mean? ~Bank Roll ~Ace Of Spade ~Ace Of Clubs | |
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Dad
Posts : 2 Rep : 0 Join date : 2011-04-14
| Subject: Re: Word Meanings By: Bank Roll Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:16 pm | |
| http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hiatushiatus - 6 dictionary results hi·a·tus [hahy-ey-tuhs] –noun, plural -tus·es, -tus. 1. a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc. 2. a missing part; gap or lacuna: Scholars attempted to account for the hiatus in the medieval manuscript. 3. any gap or opening. 4. Grammar, Prosody . the coming together, with or without break or slight pause, and without contraction, of two vowels in successive words or syllables, as in see easily. 5. Anatomy . a natural fissure, cleft, or foramen in a bone or other structure. | |
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