hiatus
Hiatus ( Latin hiatus "opening", "gap", "gap") stands for:
- Hiatus (geology) , a gap in the sequence of layers of sediments or sedimentary rocks ( layer gap )
- Hiatus (archeology) , a gap in the finds
- Global warming pause , an apparent pause in global warming, characterized by brief stagnation of surface temperatures with simultaneous heating of the oceans
- Hiat , the meeting of two vowels between two syllables ( K o-o peration ) (linguistics)
- Gutter (comic) , the gap between the panels of the comic (literary studies)
- Hiatus (music) , the excessive second
- the decoupling of willingness to act (drive) and action in Arnold Gehlen's philosophical anthropology
- Hiatus (band) , a Belgian crust-punk band between 1989 and 1996
- Hiatus leucaemicus , the lack of intermediate stages of maturation of white blood cells (medicine)
- in anatomy:
- generally a gap, opening, or gap in the muscle or bone
- Hiatus aorticus , aortic slit in the diaphragm
- Hiatus basilicus ("opening of the king"), fascia slit for the basilic vein on the upper arm
- Hiatus canalis nervi petrosi minoris , opening for the nervus petrosus minor in the temporal bone
- Hiatus oesophageus , esophageal slit, see diaphragm
- Hiatus sacralis , opening of the vertebral canal in the sacrum
- Hiatus saphenus , an opening in the fascia lata
- Hiatus adductorius (also Hiatus tendineus ), an opening of the adductor canal
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Wiktionary: Hiatus - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: hiatus - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
