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noun
A small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
A small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.
A space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: microscopy
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
Any gap, break, hole, or lack in a set of things; something missing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, translation-studies
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Synonyms: anisomorphism
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noun
an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: coffer, caisson
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Broader terms: panel
noun
a blank gap or missing part
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: blank
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gap, crack
History
Learned borrowing from Latin lacūna (“a ditch, pit; a hollow, cavity; a gap, defect”). Doublet of lacune and lagoon.
Across languages
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
