Hiatus /(?)/

Hi·a·tus

Hiatus

n.

pl. Hiatus, Hiatuses

  1. An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break.
  2. The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables. (Gram.)