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See also:HIATUS (See also:Lat. for gaping, or See also:gap) , a break in continuity, whether in speech, thought or events, a lacuna . In See also:anatomy the See also:term is used for an opening or foramen, as the See also:hiatus Fallopii, a foramen of the temporal See also:bone . In See also:logic a hiatus occurs when a step or See also:link in reasoning is wanting; and in See also:grammar it is the pause made for the See also:sake of euphony in pronouncing two successive vowels, which are not separated by a consonant . |
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