caesura
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/sɪˈzjʊəɹə/
English
Definitions
noun
- A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art.
- (Classical prosody) Using two words to divide a metrical foot.
- The caesura mark ‖ or ||.
- A break of an era or other measure of history and time; where one era ends and another begins.
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Synonyms
virgulerestspacebridgepausenormal pausestoppunctus circumflexussyllabic breakdiaeresispunctuation markwordbreakechophraseword-breakpunctus elevatus