Both Uses
hiatus
in
The Book Thief
(Edited)
- I should hasten to admit, however, that there was a considerable hiatus between the first stolen book and the second.
p. 30.1 *hiatus = gap in time
- Since Max's arrival, there had been a considerable hiatus in the reading practice of Liesel and her papa.
p. 213.9
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) 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