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What is a lacuna?

What is a lacuna? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
  2. An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar such.
  3. (microscopy) A space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light.
  4. (translation studies) A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language
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Because of this lacuna, Frickenhaus posited that the text originally described the figure as being by Lysippos.
Rather, this gap must be seen as a serious lacuna in the surviving texts, a gulf that will critically limit our analysis.
With many European metal bands not choosing to incorporate folkish melodies, there existed a lacuna waiting to be filled.
Unfortunately, I was of the opinion that the vote should have been held in July so as not to allow a lacuna of uncertainty to develop.
Marg's new book is an attempt to fill the lacuna, and comes 25 years after an earlier study titled Homage to Jaipur.
As often bedevils the translator's task there appears to be at least one lacuna in the extant text, but it was relatively painless to decipher.

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