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lacuna

[ luh-kyoo-nuh ]

noun

, plural la·cu·nae [l, uh, -, kyoo, -nee], la·cu·nas.
  1. a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
  2. Anatomy. one of the numerous minute cavities in the substance of bone, supposed to contain nucleate cells.
  3. Botany. an air space in the cellular tissue of plants.


lacuna

/ ˌlækjʊˈnɒsɪtɪ; ləˈkjuːnə /

noun

  1. a gap or space, esp in a book or manuscript
  2. biology a cavity or depression, such as any of the spaces in the matrix of bone
  3. another name for coffer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • lacunosity, noun
  • laˈcunose, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lacuna1

First recorded in 1655–65; from Latin lacūna “ditch, pit, hole, gap, deficiency,” akin to lacus “basin, tub, vat, lake”; lake 1. lagoon
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lacuna1

C17: from Latin lacūna pool, cavity, from lacus lake
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Example Sentences

It doesn’t seriously examine the role of scholarship at the Met, and that is a telling lacuna.

The critique extends into nearly every little crevice and lacuna of our civic life.

Moreover, current discussion exhibits, if not a complete void, at least a decided lacuna as to propositions of this type.

Here the Elphinstone MS. recommences after a lacuna extending from ai.

On the eel-grass are to be found Lacuna vincta and the delicate iridescent little shells of Margarita helicina.

The same lacuna leaves it doubtful whether any collective title was prefixed to the διθύραμβοι.

The triangular projection in front of the median lacuna is the body or cushion of the frog.

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