Meaning of Lacuna | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.
2. A space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light.
3. A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
4. An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar.
5. Any gap, break, hole, or lack in a set of things; something missing.
   figuratively
6. A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language.

Equivalents

Examples

“"Our young friend makes up for many obvious mental lacunæ by some measure of primitive common sense," remarked Challenger.”

“Long lacunae in this inscription make interpretation difficult.”

“For Beatrice Nutter, there will always be conspicuous lacunae in our mutual understanding, but after almost 30 years here, the anomalies now delight rather than confound her.”

“If the researcher cannot adequately hear a specific conversation due to its low volume or other acoustic interference, then this data point can be passed over with the understanding that such lacunae will be randomly distributed over the data collecting period.”

CEFR level