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A blank gap or missing part
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lacuna
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In histology , a lacuna is a small space containing an osteocyte in bone or chondrocyte in cartilage.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Let us call this the structural lacuna of the intentional scenario. ▪ What I wish to suggest is that filling the structural lacuna makes structured talk without higher-order thought look much less likely.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lacuna \La*cu"na\ (l[.a]*k[=u]"n[.a]), n.; pl. L. Lacun[ae] (l[.a]*k[=u]"n[ae]); E. Lacunas (l[.a]*k[=u]"n[.a]z). [L., ditch, pit, lake, orig., anything hollow. See Lagoon .] A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; ...
Usage examples of lacuna.
After that, Lacky explained how her mother Lacuna, daughter of the original Zombie Master and Millie the Ghost, whose talent was to cause print to form anywhere she chose, had lived a dull life until she got the chance to go back in time, to the year 1078, and propose marriage to the man she liked.
Keep in mind that everything recounted here is thrown out of perspective by what is left unsaid: these notes serve [hyperlink] Interior of the Pantheon, Rome Engraving by Giovanni Battista Piranesi [hyperlink] Temple of Canope Engraving by Giovanni Battista Piranesi [hyperlink] Foundation Wall of Hadrian's Tomb, Rome Engraving by Giovanni Battista Piranesi only to mark the lacunae.
In other cases, the lack of authentic details for some given episode of Hadrian's life has obliged the writer to prudent filling in of such lacunae from information furnished by contemporary texts treating of analogous experiences or events.
Here, where Hadrian's life is concerned, try to manage so that the lacunae of our texts coincide with what he himself might have forgotten.
If there are discrepancies or lacunae in this account, you must fill in the blanks yourself.
That would account for stray bits of information, without depth, and lacunae where you omitted your homework or skimped.
It seems it had an inkling of your power, despite—or because of—certain lapses of information, lacunae in the files, and such.
Everyone on this ship should remember me until the voyage ends, with some lacunae for those who nap.
Scraps of light escaped through lacunas in the roof buttresses, producing a crisscross of white beams that always seemed to fade away before they reached the ground.
It lacked the imperfect recall, the fuzziness, the additions and subtractions dictated by wishful thinking and self-interest, to say nothing of the lingerings and lacunae and backtracking that can turn memory into hours-long daydreaming.