(Dilbilim) A lexical gap or lacuna is an absence of a word in a particular language. Types of lexical gaps include untranslatability and missing inflections
Plural lacunae From Latin lacuna, gap, pool, cavern With reference to manuscripts, it means to be defective for a portion of the text (usually short) Notice that a lacuna always refers to a portion of a manuscript which has been lost (due to the disappearance of leaves or the effects of water or trimming or whatever); it should not be used to refer to a section of the text which never was found in a manuscript The adjective lacunose may refer to a manuscript with many lacunae
\luh-KYOO-nuh\, noun; plural lacunae \luh-KYOO-nee\ or lacunas: 1 A blank space; a missing part; a gap 2 (Biology) A small opening, depression, or cavity in an anatomical structure
A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane
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. lacunae lacunas a place where something is missing in a piece of writing