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- Dictionarylacuna/ləˈkjuːnə/
noun
- 1. an unfilled space; a gap: "the journal has filled a lacuna in Middle Eastern studies"
- 2. a cavity or depression, especially in bone.
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LACUNA definition: 1. an absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing 2. an absent part, especially in…. Learn more.
Lacuna definition: a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.. See examples of LACUNA used in a sentence.
1. : a blank space or a missing part : gap. the evident lacunae in his story Shirley Hazzard. also : deficiency sense 1. despite all these lacunae, those reforms were a vast improvement New Republic. 2. : a small cavity, pit, or discontinuity in an anatomical structure. lacunar. lə-ˈkü-nər -ˈkyü- adjective. or less commonly lacunate. lə-ˈkü-nət.
LACUNA meaning: 1. an absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing 2. an absent part, especially in…. Learn more.
The noun lacuna means an empty space or a hole where something should be. It's used a lot to talk about missing parts of books or manuscripts, either because lost pages have created a lacuna, or because censors have blacked out or removed parts of them.
1. a space where something has been omitted or has come out; gap; hiatus; esp., a missing portion in a manuscript, text, etc. 2. Anatomy and Biology. a space, cavity, or depression; specif., any of the very small cavities in bone that are filled with bone cells.
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a gap or space, esp in a book or manuscript. 2. a gap or space, esp in a book or manuscript. 3. (Biology) biology a cavity or depression, such as any of the spaces in the matrix of bone. 4. (Architecture) another name for coffer 3. [C17: from Latin lacūna pool, cavity, from lacus lake]
Definition of lacuna noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
lacuna meaning, definition, what is lacuna: a place where something is missing in a ...: Learn more.
Dictionary definition of lacuna. A gap, blank space, or missing part in a text, record, or sequence of events. "The archaeologists discovered a lacuna in their understanding of the ancient civilization." Detailed meaning of lacuna.
