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Definition of lacuna noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lacuna

noun
 
/ləˈkjuːnə/
 
/ləˈkjuːnə/,
 
/ləˈkuːnə/
(plural lacunae
 
/ləˈkjuːniː/
 
/ləˈkjuːniː/,
 
/ləˈkuːniː/
, lacunas)
(formal)
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  1. a place where something is missing in a piece of writing or in an idea, a theory, etc. synonym gap
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin, ‘pool’, from lacus ‘lake’.
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