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(1):

(pl.) of Hiatus

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(n.) The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables.