lacuna
[luh-kyoo-nuh]
noun, plural la·cu·nae [luh-kyoo-nee] /ləˈkyu ni/, la·cu·nas.
a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
Anatomy. one of the numerous minute cavities in the substance of bone, supposed to contain nucleate cells.
Botany. an air space in the cellular tissue of plants.
Origin of lacuna
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Contemporary Examples of lacuna
The critique extends into nearly every little crevice and lacuna of our civic life.
Historical Examples of lacuna
The record of the first appears likely to be lost in the lacuna of 934 AH.
The Bbur-nma in EnglishBabur, Emperor of Hindustan
This essay is an attempt to fill in a small part of the lacuna.
Here there is a lacuna of sixteen short lines in the inscription.
In this variant of the story, which we may use as our text, it is to be noticed that a lacuna exists.
Custom and MythAndrew Lang
This stanza being incomplete, I think, the lacuna is to be put after l. 838.
Torrent of PortyngaleUnknown
lacuna
noun plural -nae (-niː) or -nas
Word Origin for lacuna
C17: from Latin lacūna pool, cavity, from lacus lake
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lacuna
[lə-kyōō′nə]
n. pl. la•cu•nas
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