hiatus

/haɪˈeɪtəs/
noun
  1. A pause or break in something that is usually continuous.
    • There was a brief hiatus in the conversation when the phone rang.
    • The TV show is returning after a two-year hiatus.
    • She took a hiatus from work to travel around the world.
  2. A gap or opening in a surface or structure.
    • The rock formation had a narrow hiatus where water could flow through.
    • The wall had a small hiatus where a brick had fallen out.
    • Geologists study the hiatus in the layers of sediment.
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