noun Download 🔗Share A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art. Examples : "The speaker added a slight caesura after the first clause, giving the audience time to process the complex idea. " art music literature architecture language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (Classical prosody) Using two words to divide a metrical foot. Examples : "The Latin phrase "arma virumque" demonstrates a caesura because the words "arma" and "virum" split the first metrical foot of the line. " literature linguistics grammar music word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The caesura mark ‖ or ||. Examples : "The speaker paused slightly at the caesura ‖ in the middle of the long poem. " literature writing language linguistics grammar word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A break of an era or other measure of history and time; where one era ends and another begins. Examples : "The invention of the printing press marked a clear caesura in the history of information, separating the age of handwritten manuscripts from the era of mass-produced books. " history time Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
