The Only Use of
hiatus
in
Lord of the Flies
- There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm.
p. 31.3hiatus = gap in time without activity
Definitions:
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(1)
(hiatus) a gap in time (when there is no or less activity)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly, hiatus can have these specialized meanings:- linguistics: the pause when adjacent vowels are in adjacent syllables -- as in reality
- anatomy: an opening, gap, or split -- such as the aortic hiatus or a hiatal hernia