lacuna
Hole in text
A lacuna is a gap or missing part, especially in a manuscript or text where something has been lost or is illegible: The ancient scroll had several lacunae that scholars could only guess at.
The word extends to any notable absence or deficiency: a lacuna in the historical record, a lacuna in her understanding of the situation.
In anatomy, lacunae are small cavities or spaces in bone or tissue.
Plural: lacunae or lacunas.
Break in activity
- omissionFailure to include
- voidWithout legal effect
- blankWithout marks or content
- holeAbsence in matter
break · space · interval · discontinuity · interstice · breach · rift · fissure
Unfilled space between
- shortcomingA fault or weakness
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- blind spotArea of blocked perception
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
inadequacy · insufficiency · failing · deficit · want · absence · void · incompleteness
Empty space within
- pitFruit's hard seed
- depressionProlonged low state
- fossaAnatomical depression or hollow
- recessPause in activity
hollow · socket · space · osteocyte · crypt · sinus · vacuole
Failure to include
- missing textWords absent from document
- erasureAct of wiping away
- deletionRemoval of content
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
scribal error · obliteration · effacement · redaction · excision · expurgation · palimpsest · fragment
hiatus
Break in activity
hole · break · space · interval · discontinuity · interstice · breach · rift · fissure · cavity
gap
Unfilled space between
- shortcomingA fault or weakness
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- blind spotArea of blocked perception
oversight · inadequacy · insufficiency · failing · deficit · want · absence · void · incompleteness · limitation
cavity
Empty space within
- pitFruit's hard seed
- depressionProlonged low state
- fossaAnatomical depression or hollow
recess · hollow · socket · space · osteocyte · crypt · sinus · vacuole
omission
Failure to include
- missing textWords absent from document
- erasureAct of wiping away
- deletionRemoval of content
corruption · scribal error · obliteration · effacement · redaction · excision · expurgation · palimpsest · fragment
lacunacompleteness
State of being whole
fullness · wholeness · plenitude · presence · completion
lacunacontinuity
Uninterrupted progression or coherence
continuum · seamlessness · flow · coherence · connectedness