caesura in English dictionary

  • caesura

    Meanings and definitions of "caesura"

    • A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building or other work of art.
    • In Classical prosody, using two words to divide a metrical foot.
    • noun
      A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art.
    • noun
      (Classical prosody)
      Using two words to divide a metrical foot.
    • noun
      (typography)
      The caesura mark ‖ or ||.
    • a pause or interruption
    • using two words to divide a metrical foot
    • noun
      a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line
    • noun
      a pause or interruption (as in a conversation); "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued"

    Synonyms of "caesura" in English dictionary

    interruption, prosody, pause are the top synonyms of "caesura" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of caesura

    • caesura ( plural  caesuras  or caesurae)
    • caesura (plural caesuras or caesurae)

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