hiatus

1. (countable, uncountable)A gap in a series, making it incomplete.

   Lücke

   пробе́лprobél, про́пускprópusk, лаку́наlakúna

2. (countable, uncountable)An interruption, break, pause or absence.

   The band decided to go on hiatus, citing creative differences.

   Unterbrechung, Pause

   переры́вpererýv

   an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

3. (countable, uncountable)An temporary break from work, especially one which is unexpected.

   Unterbrechung, Urlaub, Ferien

4. (countable, uncountable)A gap in geological strata.

   Hiat, Hiatus

   тре́щинаtréščina

   a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)

5. (countable, uncountable)An opening in an organ.

   Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.

   Hiat, Hiatus

6. (sometimes, uncountable)A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant.

   Hiat, Hiatus

   зия́ниеzijánije, хиа́тусxiátus

1. Tom's band is on an indefinite hiatus.

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2. Some languages add a semivowel at a hiatus.

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3. I often take hiatuses that last for multiple months.

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4. After a brief hiatus, he resumed his position at the institute.

   deNach einer kurzen Pause nahm er seine Stelle am Institut wieder auf.

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5. Hiatus is when one vowel follows another vowel without creating a diphthong.

   deBeim Hiatus folgt ein Vokal auf einen anderen, ohne einen Diphthong zu bilden.

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