1
a
: a break in or as if in a material object : gap
the weedy hiatus between the town and the railroad—Willa Cather
the hiatus between the theory and the practice of the party—J. G. Colton
b
biology
: a gap or passage in an anatomical part or organ
2
a
: an interruption in time or continuity : break
especially
: a period when something (such as a program or activity) is suspended or interrupted
after a 5-year hiatus from writing
a summer hiatus
b
: the occurrence of two vowel sounds without pause or intervening consonantal sound
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