noun🔗ShareCesura, pausaA pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art."The speaker added a slight caesura after the first clause, giving the audience time to process the complex idea. "El orador añadió una ligera cesura después de la primera cláusula, dando al público tiempo para procesar la compleja idea.artmusicliteraturearchitecturelanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCesura(Classical prosody) Using two words to divide a metrical foot."The Latin phrase "arma virumque" demonstrates a caesura because the words "arma" and "virum" split the first metrical foot of the line. "La frase latina "arma virumque" demuestra una cesura porque las palabras "arma" y "virum" dividen el primer pie métrico del verso.literaturelinguisticsgrammarmusicwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCesuraThe caesura mark ‖ or ||."The speaker paused slightly at the caesura ‖ in the middle of the long poem. "El orador hizo una pausa leve en la cesura ‖ en medio del largo poema.literaturewritinglanguagelinguisticsgrammarwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCesura, interrupciónA break of an era or other measure of history and time; where one era ends and another begins."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. "La invención de la imprenta marcó una clara cesura en la historia de la información, separando la era de los manuscritos escritos a mano de la era de los libros producidos en masa.historytimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading