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la·cu·na

(lə-kyo͞o′nə, -ko͞o′-)

n. pl. la·cu·nae (-nē) or la·cu·nas

1. An empty space or a missing part; a gap: "self-centered in opinion, with curious lacunae of astounding ignorance" (Frank Norris).

2. Anatomy A cavity, space, or depression, especially in a bone, containing cartilage or bone cells.

[Latin lacūna; see lagoon.]

la·cu′nal adj.

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lacuna

(ləˈkjuːnə)

n, pl -nae (-niː) or -nas

1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a gap or space, esp in a book or manuscript

2. a gap or space, esp in a book or manuscript

3. (Biology) biology a cavity or depression, such as any of the spaces in the matrix of bone

4. (Architecture) another name for coffer³

[C17: from Latin lacūna pool, cavity, from lacus lake]

laˈcunose, laˈcunal, laˈcunary adj

lacunosity n

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la•cu•na

(ləˈkyu nə)

n., pl. -nae (-nē), -nas.

1. a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript; hiatus.

2. Anat. any minute cavity, as in the substance of bone.

[1655–65; < Latin lacūna pit]

la•cu′nal, adj.

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Noun	1.	lacuna - a blank gap or missing part blank crack, gap - a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack"
	2.	lacuna - an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome caisson, coffer panel - sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something

lacuna

noun

An interval during which continuity is suspended:

break, gap, hiatus, interim, void.

Translations

Lakune

lacuna

[ləˈkjuːnə] N (lacunas or lacunae (pl)) [ləˈkjuːniː] → laguna f

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lacuna

[ləˈkjuːnə] [lacunas or lacunae] [ləˈkjuːnəz ləˈkjuːniː] n → lacune f

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lacuna

n pl <-e> → Lakune f

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la·cu·na

n. lacuna, laguna, depresión pequeña tal como las cavidades del cerebro.

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Very many defects have been corrected by the various editions of the Hymns, but a considerable number still defy all efforts; and especially an abnormal number of undoubted lacuna disfigure the text.

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