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LACUNA definition: 1. an absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing 2. an absent part, especially in…. Learn more.
The meaning of LACUNA is a blank space or a missing part : gap; also : deficiency. How to use lacuna in a sentence. Did you know?
LACUNA meaning: 1. an absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing 2. an absent part, especially in…. Learn more.
noun. , plural la·cu·nae [l, uh, -, kyoo, -nee],la·cu·nas. a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus. Anatomy. one of the numerous minute cavities in the substance of bone, supposed to contain nucleate cells. Botany. an air space in the cellular tissue of plants.
If you say that there is a lacuna in something such as a document or a person's argument, you mean that it does not deal with an important issue and is therefore not effective or convincing.
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.
Definition of lacuna noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
lacuna meaning, definition, what is lacuna: a place where something is missing in a ...: Learn more.
Synonyms for LACUNA: shortage, lack, deficiency, paucity, deficit, absence, scarcity, insufficiency; Antonyms of LACUNA: amplitude, abundance, adequacy, sufficiency, wealth, plenty, plenitude, opulence
If you say that there is a lacuna in something such as a document or a person's argument, you mean that it does not deal with an important issue and is therefore not effective or convincing.
