Lat. "gap." The deliberate avoidance of elision. Occurs only rarely.
Latin = a gap (like that between some people's ears).
a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
A normal gap in the diaphragm which the oesophagus passes through.
Two vowels occurring sequentially but belonging to different syllables are said to be in hiatus, eg ea ta.
In title industry parlance, a separation, gap or unaccounted for area. Usually a strip of land between two tracts where the two tracts do not adjoin because of faulty descriptions. (See "Gore.")
A gap or space unintentionally left, when attempting to describe adjoining parcels of land.
A break or gap. In discussions of land, an area of land that lies between two parcels of land but appears from legal descriptions and public records not to be a part of either.
opening in; a gap or a passage in an anatomical part or organ.
A gap, or interruption in what should be a continuously written line. The writing instrument is lifted from the paper momentarily. The space can be very noticeable or so minute that it can only be detected under a microscope.
A gap between two parcels of land that is not included in the legal description of either property.
A gap or space left between two parcels of land and not included in the legal description of either parcel. Similar terms are Gaps and Gores.
A gap or space between two parcels of lands that is not included in the legal description of either parcel
Gap between two parcels of land, which is not included in the legal description of either parcel.
Hiatus in linguistics is the separate pronunciation of two adjacent vowels, sometimes with an intervening glottal stop. In poetic metrics, hiatus can also refer to the failure of two vowels straddling a word boundary to coalesce, for example by elision of the first vowel.