hiatus

Definition

A gap in a series, making it incomplete.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hiātus (“opening”) (mid-16th century), from hiō (“stand open, yawn”).

Example Sentences

• "Even the mechanical engineer comes at last to an end of his figures, and must stand up, a practical man, face to face with the discrepancies of nature and the hiatuses of theory."
• "The band decided to go on hiatus, citing creative differences."
• "It is wonderful that you should have slipped back into your American life so easily after your English hiatus."