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Hiatus (n):

1 a: a break in or as if in a material object : gap hiatus between the theory and the practice of the party — J. G. Colton> b: a gap or passage in an anatomical part or organ

2 a: an interruption in time or continuity : break ; especially : a period when something (as a program or activity) is suspended or interrupted hiatus from writing> b: the occurrence of two vowel sounds without pause or intervening consonantal sound

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