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lacuna
[ luh-kyoo-nuh ]
noun
plural lacunae lacunas.
- 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.
lacuna
/ ˌlækjʊˈnɒsɪtɪ; ləˈkjuːnə /
noun
- a gap or space, esp in a book or manuscript
- biology a cavity or depression, such as any of the spaces in the matrix of bone
- another name for coffer
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Derived Forms
- lacunosity, noun
- ˈܲԴDz, adjective
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yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of lacuna1
C17: from Latin ūԲ pool, cavity, from lacus lake
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Example Sentences
This lacuna brings to mind the last words in my 2011 Death By China film uttered by former Congressman Dana Rohrabacher: “China has been treating us like fools. And that’s because we have been fools.”
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And it includes the cavities - called lacuna - that fill with the mother's blood to transfer nutrients to the baby.
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“Islamic material has been something of a lacuna for them.”
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A single palm-size vertebra, its central lacuna heart-shaped, had us wondering about its origin story.
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Of course, we all have these lacunas in our reading histories.
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