lacuna🔊

(particularly anatomy) A small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.

(microscopy) A space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light.

A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.

An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar.

(figurative) Any gap, break, hole, or lack in a set of things; something missing.

(linguistics, translation studies) A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language. +