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Another word for lacuna

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Noun

  1. An interval during which continuity is suspended

      1. Containing no matter; empty.
      2. Not occupied; unfilled.
      3. Completely lacking; devoid:
      1. An interval of time between one event, process, or period and another.
      2. Belonging to, serving during, or taking place during an intermediate interval of time; temporary:
      1. A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break:
      2. A slight pause that occurs when two immediately adjacent vowels in consecutive syllables are pronounced, as in reality and naive.
      3. A separation, aperture, fissure, or short passage in an organ or body part.
      1. An opening in a solid structure or surface; a cleft or breach:
      2. A break in a line of defense.
      3. An opening through mountains; a pass.
      1. To cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently; smash.
      2. To divide into pieces, as by bending or cutting:
      3. To separate into components or parts:
    See also:

    continue

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Another word for lacuna

Noun
      1. A set of elements or points satisfying specified geometric postulates:
      2. The infinite extension of the three-dimensional region in which all matter exists.
      3. The expanse in which the solar system, stars, and galaxies exist; the universe.
      1. A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break:
      2. A slight pause that occurs when two immediately adjacent vowels in consecutive syllables are pronounced, as in reality and naive.
      3. A separation, aperture, fissure, or short passage in an organ or body part.
      1. An opening in a solid structure or surface; a cleft or breach:
      2. A break in a line of defense.
      3. An opening through mountains; a pass.
    See also:

    emptiness

    blank

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Sentence Examples

  • A scribe again who scrupulously records the presence of a lacuna or illegibility in what he is copying, inspires us with confidence in the rest of his work.

  • the fossa navicularis the mouth of one of these is sometimes so large that it may engage the point of a small catheter and is known as the lacuna magna.

  • He starts from the creation and endeavours to fill up the lacuna from 1662 to his own time, 1714.

  • The median lacuna no longer exists, but is represented by a dorsal and ventral sinus.

  • In addition to the median lacuna there are two lateral lacunae, one upon each side.

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Words near lacuna in the Thesaurus