Lacuna
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Lacuna may refer to:
  • Lacuna (manuscripts)
    Lacuna (manuscripts)
    A lacunaPlural lacunae. From Latin lacūna , diminutive form of lacus . is a gap in a manuscript, inscription, text, painting, or a musical work...

    , a missing section of text
  • Lacuna (music)
    Lacuna (music)
    In music, a lacuna is an intentional, extended passage in a musical work during which no notes are played. A lacuna acts as "negative music" to induce a state of serenity in the listener through its contrast to "normal" music consisting of sounded notes...

    , an extended silence in a piece of music
  • Lacuna (linguistics), a lexical gap in a language
  • Lacuna (law), the lack of a law or legal source addressing a situation
  • Lacuna (histology)
    Lacuna (histology)
    In histology, a lacuna is a small space containing an osteocyte in bone or chondrocyte in cartilage.-Bone:The Lacuna are situated between the lamella, and consist of a number of oblong spaces. In an ordinary microscopic section, viewed by transmitted light, they appear as fusiform opaque spots...

    , a small space containing an osteocyte in bone or chondrocyte in cartilage
  • Lacuna (comics)
    Lacuna (comics)
    Lacuna is a fictional character, a mutant and the occasional ally of the superhero group X-Statix.-Fictional character biography:...

    , a fictional Marvel Comics superhero
  • The Lacuna, a 2009 novel by Barbara Kingsolver
  • Lacuna, Inc., a fictional company in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 American romantic science fiction film about an estranged couple who have each other erased from their memories, scripted by Charlie Kaufman and directed by the French director, Michel Gondry. The film uses elements of science fiction, psychological...

  • Lacuna, a character in Xanth by Piers Anthony

See also

  • Lacuna model
    Lacuna model
    The lacuna model is a tool for unlocking culture differences or missing "gaps" in text . The lacuna model was established as a theory by Jurij Sorokin and Irina Markovina , further developed by Astrid Ertelt-Vieth and Hartmut Schröder and practical research tested in ethnopsycholinguistics ,...

    , a tool for unlocking culture differences or missing "gaps" in text
  • Lacunar amnesia
    Lacunar amnesia
    Lacunar amnesia is the loss of memory about one specific event. It is a type of amnesia that leaves a lacuna in the record of memory.According to Steven Johnson, :...

    , in psychology, amnesia about a specific event
  • Lacunar stroke
    Lacunar stroke
    Lacunar stroke or lacunar infarct is a type of stroke that results from occlusion of one of the penetrating arteries that provides blood to the brain's deep structures...

    , an occlusion of a small cerebral artery to deep cortical areas
  • Petrovsky lacuna
    Petrovsky lacuna
    In mathematics, a Petrovsky lacuna, named for the Russian mathematician I. G. Petrovsky, is a region where the fundamental solution of a linear hyperbolic partial differential equation vanishes....

    , a region where the fundamental solution of a differential equation vanishes
  • Lacuna Coil
    Lacuna Coil
    Lacuna Coil is an Italian gothic metal band from Milan. Formed in 1994, the group has had two name changes since being previously known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal and was inspired by the combination of gothic imagery and music...

    , an Italian hard rock/metal band
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