hiatus
Pronunciation: /hīˈātəs
noun (plural hiatuses)
[usually in singular]
1 A pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process: there was a brief hiatus in the war with France
1.1 Prosody & Grammar A break between two vowels coming together but not in the same syllable, as in the ear and cooperate.
Origin
mid 16th century (originally denoting a physical gap or opening): from Latin, literally 'gaping', from hiare 'gape'.
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Let me think...No, I don't remember. The hiatus in my memory is to big a gap.
